Richard Neal: “Adam Smith, who is the top Democrat on the Armed Services…”

“By the Trump administration, or is this something else that's going on? Well, we don't know what was on those ships because they were sunk. We don't know who the witnesses were because they're dead. And Adam Smith, who is the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee...his request for hearings on the Defense Committee is appropriate. appropriate. What you have to understand, I think with this issue of just arbitrarily killing the people that are on these boats, interdiction would accomplish the same undertaking.” (08:04–08:15)

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