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Kirsten Gillibrand: “There was no evidence that we were about to be attacked…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 03:24

We support our national security 100%. But what we don't support is a foreign war that has no national security benefit to us, and we were not at any risk. So There was no evidence that we were about to be attacked, didn't exist. And President Trump is in this foreign war. It could be a forever war. We have no clue. He doesn't have a set, set list of aims. He doesn't have a goal. (03:24–03:29)

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Asserts that there was no evidence of an imminent attack on the U.S. prior to Trump's actions in Iran.

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