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Chris Murphy: “No Middle East country has ever been allowed to buy MQ9…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Chris Murphy's Speech on Alleged Corruption in Trump Administration's Foreign Policy Deals with Qatar and UAE

Published | Video Starts at 05:13

Qatar, frankly, is willing to pay a very high price to avoid that fate again. But Qatar also has things that it wants from the United States. No Middle East country has ever been allowed to buy MQ9 Reaper drones. These are the most lethal armed drone that America makes. We have previously judged that the region is just too volatile to allow any nation to possess the Reaper. (05:13–05:20)

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