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Mark Kelly: “They have tied themselves in knots trying to explain to us…”

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

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Sen. Kelly on Venezuelan boat strikes report

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

But if I was ever given an order for a second, I've had questions about the operation in general, and I've been saying this for weeks, putting service members, kind of like, are you stepping over a line here? Is this legal? They have tied themselves in knots trying to explain to us on the Armed Service Committee how this is legal. Not sharing all of the information either, which is really troubling. But going after survivors in the water. That is clearly not lawful. (01:19–01:26)

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Asserts that there is confusion or difficulty in explaining the legality of certain military operations to the Armed Service Committee.

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