I had a conversation with senior officials at the Department of Defense, including uniform officials, when these strikes were first reported, even before. They provided a briefing to Congress about these strikes in particular. And I warned those officials that I am very concerned about the prospect that a US Uniformed service member and senior US Officials, civilian officials, may be held accountable for committing war crimes. And this is something between murder, because I want to take a step back. This rationale that the President is saying, these are designated narco test narco terrorist organizations. (01:50–02:08)
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Asserts concern that US officials may be held accountable for war crimes.
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