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Jim Himes: “Here we are two months into these strikes, and we have not…”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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A Conversation with Representative Jim Himes | American Conversations

Published | Video Starts at 18:10

They finally started briefing us on the operational stuff and on the legal authorities here. That opinion I was telling you about. Here we are two months into these strikes, and we have not had a single briefing on the intelligence. that is being used to undertake these strikes, which. Okay, people. That probably flows over people. Here's the thing. The intelligence is really critical because who precisely are we killing? (18:10–18:17)

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Asserts a lack of intelligence briefings for Congress on recent strikes.

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