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Mark Kelly: “An unqualified Secretary of Defense fired a bunch of…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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They also said this is a lawful strike. Yesterday you said the second strike could be a war crime. Do you think that Bradley committed a war? An unqualified Secretary of Defense fired a bunch of [Inspectors General and lawyers at the Department of Defense]. them and got rid of a bunch of lawyers. Pete Hegsett, do I have a lot of confidence in DoD? Well, hopefully we have inspectors general there that will be doing an impartial investigation. (14:39–14:43)

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