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Ron Johnson: “President Obama made the historic blunder of pulling a…”

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

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Sen. Johnson's questioning at a Foreign Relations hearing on ISIS

Published | Video Starts at 02:04

Obviously Iran is one of the greatest supporters of the Assad regime in Syria, as we've seen that spin out of control. Oh, I failed to mention 2011, kind of a key date there. President Obama made the historic blunder of pulling a stabilizing force out of Iraq. which I think would have stabilized and seized on historic opportunity to see a see a Sunni Shia incurred coalition potentially succeed. And I think also would have helped stop Iran supply overflights into Syria. (02:04–02:10)

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Asserts that Obama's withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq was a mistake.

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