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Peter Welch: “Get the money out the door and give authorization for deeper…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Sen. Peter Welch on "The Takeout"

Published | Video Starts at 29:42

Number two, give authorization to Ukraine to use the weapons we are sending to strike deeper into Russia as long as the target our military bases that are being used to fire missiles at innocent civilians in Ukraine. So Get the money out the door and give authorization for deeper strikes to military targets [in Russia]. Something the administration has been reluctant and opposed to. That's correct. And I support wrongly, in my view. Yes. I think we've got tying the Ukrainians arms. (29:42–29:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. should expedite financial aid and authorize Ukraine to strike military targets in Russia.

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