Mark Warner: “The President of the United States, with his enormous…”

“I urge the administration go forward and choose an envoy the way the Biden administration had chosen former Congressman Tom Periello. Please choose an envoy that can represent the President. This is a conflict that The President of the United States, with his enormous influence he has with countries in the Gulf, could use that power to, frankly cut off the aid that funds this civil war tomorrow. So as we enter into the fourth year of this conflict, please, we all, regardless of partisan affiliation, ought to urge President Trump to make sure this conflict comes to an end.” (10:02–10:17)

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