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Pete Buttigieg: “The US should not use force to overthrow dictators like…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:42

Venezuela, all American citizens have been released. What's your response now with the benefit of hindsight? And what would you have done as commander in chief? Look, there's a lot of … The US should not use force to overthrow dictators like Maduro unless it is in the core security interest of this country and there is no alternative. … this as somebody who was sent into a war on the orders of an American president, the bar has to be higher. (07:42–07:47)

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Asserts that the use of force should be limited to core security interests with no alternatives.

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