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Ron Johnson: “The historic blunder of not leaving a stabilizing force…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNBC's Squawk on the Street

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

And do you see this grand coalition becoming a reality? Well, there are obviously complications because we've allowed this to spin out of control over the last few years. You know, we, The historic blunder of not leaving a stabilizing force behind in Iraq. and the fraying of, you know, what coalitions we've had in the past. America should be leading this. We should have been leading this coalition, the willing for the last few years. (01:35–01:40)

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Asserts that not leaving a stabilizing force in Iraq was a historic blunder.

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