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Derrick Van Orden: “The Department of Defense obfuscated that [the reality of…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Published | Video Starts at 00:24

The procedures were correctly followed and it was a righteous strike. That was General Mark Milley talking about the Hellfire missile that killed a family of 10 in Kabul. And The Department of Defense obfuscated that [the reality of the Kabul strike] until they were forced to admit it. And they did that because they didn't conduct a thorough investigation and they lied to the American public. So we must actually take the time to do a thorough investigation of what took place overseas. (00:24–00:34)

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Asserts that the Department of Defense initially hid the truth about the Kabul strike.

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