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Cory Booker: “13 soldiers. Excuse me, 14 actually.”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Published | Video Starts at 06:27

Running against nobody. Let me just say it's a memorial weekend. Yes. And we lost four soldiers in this war. There are people every day. 13. 13 soldiers. 13 soldiers. Excuse me, 14 actually. Yeah. That are putting their lives on the line right now. We need to remember the 14 just recently lost. But you and I are both literally sitting here. (06:27–06:31)

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Corrects the number of soldiers lost to 14 in the current conflict.

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