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Mark Kelly: “They went into this with no goal. Right. They said it was…”

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

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You know, I would suggest that this administration really thinks hard and comes up with a plan, like a rational plan on how do you extract yourself from a situation that you created. They went into this with no goal. Right. They said it was about regime change, and then it was about nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, the Navy. Donald Trump had a feeling. You know, I also heard imminent threat of something in the future that's not strategy. (10:00–10:08)

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Asserts that the administration's goals for the conflict have been inconsistent.

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