Independent presidential candidate Sen. Grace Poe admitted during an interview with the media that her husband, Teodoro Misael Daniel Vera Llamanzares, was an enlisted man in the United States Air Force from 1988 to 1992. The presidential candidate reacted to an online report about the revelations made by the website opensourceinvestigations.
This is the very first time that the senator revealed the previous work of her husband according to a news report posted by Rappler. Since the very first day that she announced her plans to run for president, Sen. Grace Poe did not mention about the previous job of the senator’s husband.
In an interview with the media, Sen. Grace Poe was quoted as saying “Hindi Army, (US) Air Force at hindi rin naman ‘yan itinatago. Hindi ko alam ba’t issue ‘yan. Unang-una, ang asawa ko ay natural born,” Poe said in a chance interview.
The senator did not give all the details on her husband’s service in the US Air Force and based upon the data released by Rappler on their fact-finding check, they noted that the senator’s husband is indeed listed as a “veteran” from the state of Virginia with a pay grade of E-4.
The US Department of Veteran Affairs says those with E-4 status in the US Air Force have the rank of Senior Airman or Sergeant.
Sen. Grace Poe is considered as one of the most popular candidate in this year’s national election based upon various survey results conducted by SWS and Pulse Asia. The senator is running under an independent party or his Partido Galing at Puso with his running mate, Sen. Chiz Escudero.
