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Ron Johnson: “First and foremost is not negotiating a status of force…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson on CNN's Crossfire Part One

Published | Video Starts at 08:39

It's a pretty bipartisan atmosphere there. Listen, these are enormously challenging problems we have, but the fact of the matter is this president has, I think, just created some huge blunders. First and foremost is not negotiating a status of force agreement for Iraq, which I think would have prevented the Iranian overflights. I think Syria would not have been as big a disaster as it is. I mean, we could have, we sacrificed so much blood and treasure and we didn't even leave behind a stabilizing force that really could have been helpful in the Middle East. (08:39–08:47)

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