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Mark Warner: “The inspector general put troops in harm's way and pilots in…”

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 06:58

We have had this pattern from Pete Hegseth where I feel like he has treated our uniformed military with disrespect from the outset, when he was casual and not my words. But The inspector general put troops in harm's way and pilots in harm's way when he put information about the strikes in Yemen out on an unclassified line. frankly, to members of his own family. I think we've seen military leaders, uniformed leaders like the head of the nsa, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, I believe, fired for political reasons because they didn't reach the conclusion that this administration wanted. (06:58–07:08)

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Asserts that the inspector general endangered troops by sharing unclassified information about Yemen strikes.

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