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Karoline Leavitt: “This war... happened as a result of the weakness and the…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Published | Video Starts at 00:20

Ms. Look, right now the president of the United States has done more to end this war than his predecessor, Joe Biden, who allowed this war to take place. This war... happened as a result of the weakness and the incompetence of the previous administration. And so the president inherited this conflict and he is determined to end it. And it's a very complex and complicated situation. (00:20–16:24)

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Asserts that the war [in Ukraine] resulted from the previous administration's weakness and incompetence.

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