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Peter Welch: “Lorenz radioed in a false report claiming the bodies…”

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 09:00

The next day, Lorenz ordered fire on unarmed Afghans over 100 yards from the platoon. They were killed. He Lorenz 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. (09:00–09:05)

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Asserts that Clint Lorenz made a false report about the inability to reach the bodies of those killed.

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