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Peter Welch: “Lorenz ordered fire on unarmed Afghans over 100 yards from…”

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

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Senator Welch Speaks on Senate Floor in Opposition of Peter Hegseth for Secretary of Defense

Published | Video Starts at 08:53

Then they were told, told to make false reports about taking fire from a village to justify this conduct, and they refused to do it. The next day, Lorenz ordered fire on unarmed Afghans over 100 yards from the platoon. They were killed. He radioed in a false report claiming the bodies couldn't be reached. The people I honor are the people under his command who refused to take those orders. (08:53–09:01)

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Asserts that Clint Lorenz ordered fire on unarmed Afghans, resulting in their deaths.

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