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Mike Rogers: “They're using their proxies across the Middle East not only…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 12:19

… capital by allowing them to sell oil into the market, has engulfed us in the Middle East. Bad decision. Bad decision. Bad decision. Not standing up to the fact that They're using their proxies across the Middle East not only to attack Israel, our ally, but it's also to attack those hundred different installations around the Middle East. Congresswoman Plot, can you have a 30 second. I just want to say one thing. There is one of us on this stage who has been on the receiving end of Iranian rockets, Iranian mortars, Iranian IEDs, in three tours in Iraq. (12:19–12:30)

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Claims Iran uses proxies to attack Israel and other installations in the Middle East.

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