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Mark Kelly: “Regime change hasn't ever really worked out well for us as a…”

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

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Sen. Mark Kelly says government shutdown could end this week if GOP negotiates

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There have now been six maritime strikes by U.S. special Operations forces. What is this adding up to? Is the Trump administration planning regime change in Venezuela? Well, I hope not. Regime change hasn't ever really worked out well for us as a nation where we've supported that, whether it was in Vietnam, Cuba, Iraq, Afghanistan. It doesn't go the way we think. And it puts a tremendous number of Americans in harm's way. The US military, the guys flying those missions now in B52s close to the coast, those folks are at risk. (00:40–00:50)

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Asserts that U.S.-supported regime changes in Vietnam, Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan have not worked out well.

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