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Ron Johnson: “The admitted chemical weapons have now been largely removed…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Morning Journal

Published | Video Starts at 16:35

Well, that was a, that was where we had a shared interest with Russia, quite honestly, but it came at a real cost. So, yeah, I'm glad that the reported The admitted chemical weapons have now been largely removed from Syria, but they're still using chlorine gas. And we really don't know what other chemical weapons still may be in Syria. But no, I'll give the administration credit for at least working with Russia in our shared interest of removing those chemical weapons, but came at a huge cost. (16:35–16:41)

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Asserts that while most chemical weapons have been removed from Syria, chlorine gas is still being used.

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