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Ted Cruz: “In this same post, you described Saddam Hussein as a martyr.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Cruz Questions Nominee for Ambassador to Kuwait

Published | Video Starts at 03:25

And there's a great opportunity that we can treat everybody fairly and accomplish regional stability, a long term, everlasting peace, and get everybody involved in this. So In this same post, you described Saddam Hussein as a martyr. Do you continue to believe Saddam Hussein was a martyr? Thank you, Senator, for that question. This is the third time I'm asked, and as I said, I was a private citizen in 2000. (03:25–03:29)

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