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Doug Collins: “Less than 1 1/2% of the population had direct involvement in…”

Featuring: Doug Collins, Republican | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | National

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Published | Video Starts at 38:44

Because I speak this from a military perspective as well. Less than 1, we had the longest war in our history, and less than 2, Less than 1 1/2% of the population had direct involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Less than one and a half percent. So. So everything that's talked about for those of us who actually were in Iraq and Afghanistan, there was a minute portion of this country that had it. (38:44–38:50)

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Asserts that less than 1.5% of the U.S. population was directly involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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