They said Saddam had WMD weapons of mass destruction, which we did not. And unfortunately they came before Congress. And There were a lot of members of Congress, including Senator Markey, who believed those lies and voted to send us to war in Iraq. And you know, John, one of the toughest Questions I've ever gotten in my life was from an 18 year old Marine saying, why are we here? (02:40–02:47)
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