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Chris Murphy: “We have allowed Russia and China to imagine things that they…”

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

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Chris Murphy says he'd 'support a bad deal' with Iran because 'war needs to end': Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 08:10

We have used up almost all of our interceptors, the majority of our Tomahawks. We have put the United States in a dangerous position. We have allowed Russia and China to imagine things that they couldn't have imagined earlier because of our inability to defend ourselves and our allies. So the priority is ending this war. And, no, I'm not going to support additional funding and I don't think my Democratic colleagues are going to support additional funding to fund a continuation of a war that is destroying American credibility and destroying American families. (08:10–08:23)

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Asserts that U.S. military depletion has emboldened Russia and China.

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