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Tim Kaine: “American troops have died, others are being injured, and…”

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

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Ending Trump's Iran War: Kaine Discusses What Must Come Next

Published | Video Starts at 05:18

President Trump tore up the deal. If you make diplomacy impossible, you make war inevitable. And even his own cabinet told him he shouldn't have done it. And here we are. American troops have died, others are being injured, and Americans are paying a dollar more for gas because of President Trump's war of choice. I think it is very, very unwise after 25 years of war in the Middle east to go back into it. (05:18–05:26)

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Asserts that American casualties and increased gas prices are due to President Trump's actions.

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