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Ruben Gallego: “I was in an illegal war that was unjustified and was…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Sen. Ruben Gallego defends Sen. Kelly against President Trump attacks

Published | Video Starts at 05:48

How would you feel if you were back in Iraq and here you have a major Senate figure and the President just going at each other? Well, I mean, certainly in Iraq I would have preferred that because I was in an illegal war that was unjustified and was actually against the national interest of the United States for us to actually go to war in Iraq. I would have actually loved the Democrats and Republicans to be actually fighting President Bush instead of, you know, throwing us into the meat grinder of Al Anbar. Number two. (05:48–05:56)

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Asserts that the Iraq War was illegal and against U.S. national interest.

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