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Ron Johnson: “The fact that we did not negotiate a status force agreement…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Squawk Box - CNBC

Published | Video Starts at 04:30

I mean, this is rife with so many weird coincidences and ironies that. Jones, Jones. It's a lack of leadership during this administration. And a real key problem is you mentioned Iraq. The fact that we did not negotiate a status force agreement so that we had some stabilizing presence there so we could stop the Iranian overflights that have been supplying Syria. That's been the problem. I mean, Iran is supplying Syria. You know we've got it. You know our reset with Russia has been a failure. They've been supporting Syria. (04:30–04:39)

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Asserts that the lack of a status force agreement allowed Iranian overflights to supply Syria.

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