Also the President talking about potentially some sort of action in Nigeria. What are you hearing? What are your colleagues hearing? What do you think? Well, look, I think number one, The American public has made it very clear we don't want to go to war unless it is in the direct interest of this country. And certainly some of that may be in Venezuela. But the use of military force to try to stop either, you know, the drugs leaving the country ostensibly or to overthrow the Maduro government is not where the American public is. (08:16–08:22)
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Asserts that the American public opposes war unless it serves direct national interests.
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