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John Fetterman: “My red line is boots on the ground. And I think no boots on…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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John Fetterman says the US should kill the new ayatollah | Elizabeth Vargas Reports

Published | Video Starts at 02:29

Do you think the president should send in ground troops or special forces troops to go in and find that enriched uranium and get rid of it? You know, you know, my, My red line is boots on the ground. And I think no boots on the ground. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, so that, that's, that's what that means. Know, for me, boots on the ground means, you know, nation building. (02:29–02:33)

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Asserts opposition to deploying ground troops in Iran.

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