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Peter Welch: “We face very soon a question of whether we will support a…”

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

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Welch on Trump's Reckless War in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 11:46

But is diplomacy to be abandoned? Is unilateral action to be chosen? Is that to be done where we have literally no debate and no discussion? It's the wrong decision. And We face very soon a question of whether we will support a $200 billion expenditure for that war. The President calls it an excursion. But we all know better. We must make a decision. And I have made a decision. I will not support $200 billion for a military excursion in Iran. (11:46–11:58)

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