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Mark Warner: “If any other officer, if any civilian member of the Defense…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator reveals what he saw on video of the boat strikes

Published | Video Starts at 12:57

They were mad as hell and had A right to be. And they wanted to know why Hedgehog was not being held accountable. If any other officer, if any civilian member of the Defense Department had been this careless, sloppy and irresponsible, of course they would have been fired. But he continues a long way, Senator. He refused to cooperate with the inspector general's investigation. Is he going to be able to do that with the Senate? (12:57–13:09)

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