And I saw these wars in the Middle east that my neighbors and friends had fought in as unworthy of our best. Unworthy of the disruptions in parenting and the divorces and the injuries. Suicides. Yeah. And so I took the position that we should be less entangled in [Middle East wars]. these things. And I think that really shocked a number of people who thought I was be more of a neocon coming from the district I came from. (43:00–43:06)
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Asserts his position against U.S. entanglement in Middle East wars.
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