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Tammy Baldwin: “President Trump is reportedly planning to ask Congress for…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Baldwin Slams Trump's Illegal War on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 02:55

That $30 billion could have covered a year of childcare for nearly 2 million children. Using that money for an illegal war that no one wants is a choice. And now President Trump is reportedly planning to ask Congress for $200 billion more for his war with Iran. And here's my question for what? That's not a rhetorical question. I genuinely don't know, and the American people don't know either, what the goals of this war are and why American families are being asked to shell out billions of dollars for it. (02:55–03:07)

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Asserts that Trump plans to request $200 billion more for the war with Iran.

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