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Mark Kelly: “This was approved by Congress, all of that.”

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

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Sen. Kelly on Venezuelan boat strikes report

Published | Video Starts at 01:02

These were Iraqi ships with Iraqi crew members who posed a threat to the United States military. In this case, who. They invaded Kuwait. We're trying to kick them out of Kuwait. This was approved by Congress, all of that. Right. So. 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? (01:02–01:05)

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Asserts that the military action during the first Gulf War was approved by Congress.

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