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Mark Warner: “Their overall legal opinion, which we finally got released…”

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

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Senator demands Hegseth release boat strike video to all Americans

Published | Video Starts at 03:17

The idea that this administration is equating, in effect, the possession of drugs as equal to the possession of bombs or weapons of war, I think that's quite a stretch. It's one of the reasons why I also think Their overall legal opinion, which we finally got released to Congress, ought to be released to the whole public. HCGF is holding that back. In terms of the rationale here, I want to try to give the military, you know, the chance to lay out all the reasons. (03:17–03:23)

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