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Elissa Slotkin: “We had 20 years embroiled in Iraq, 20 years embroiled in…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Debate Night in Michigan: US Senate candidates discuss the issues

Published | Video Starts at 15:40

There was no greater supporter, there's no greater fist pumper than Mike Rogers in leading us into that war. So if we're talking about why the Middle east the way it is, the way it is, We had 20 years embroiled in Iraq, 20 years embroiled in Afghanistan. Men and women, Americans dead. To me, you have to be extremely, extremely cautious when you're talking about these issues. And I will not succumb to bellicose talk on that. (15:40–15:45)

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Asserts that the U.S. was involved in Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years each.

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