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Tim Kaine: “500 tons of food purchased by the United States to the tune…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Tim Kaine Questions Michael Waltz on Classified Information and Emergency Food Incineration

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

But I just wanted to put it on the record so that he could be prepared to answer this question. The article suggests that 500 tons of food purchased by the United States to the tune of about $800,000 months ago... have been in a warehouse in Dubai for months. and months and months. Senator Rubio has testified about that, both here and in the hasc, that he would make sure that food purchased to keep kids from starving would not be allowed to spoil. (02:32–02:47)

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Asserts that 500 tons of food, costing about $800,000, have been stored in a Dubai warehouse for months.

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