sentences:  The comment was subsequently withdrawn and an apology forwarded to media outlets and to Kelly.At the 2007 federal election on 24 November, Kelly won the seat with a 6.67% two-party-preferred swing, and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support in the incoming Rudd Government.In 2008, after a prolonged and acrimonious debate within Australian veteran and political circles, Kelly formally acknowledged the existence of the 2nd D&E Platoon, a platoon of infantrymen that had been involved in a most successful ambush at Thua Tich on 29 May 1969 under the leadership of Corporal James Riddle.