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Tim Kaine: “The president and the secretary of Defense are now trying to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:27

I do not. And I fear about that. Look, if school kids are being killed in bombing, likely US Bombing, although The president and the secretary of Defense are now trying to invent a claim that it was Iran. if school kids are being killed, I worry about the fate of U.S. prisoners, U.S. citizens who are being held prisoners there. Well, we know the military is investigating that. (07:27–07:32)

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Asserts that the president and the secretary of Defense are attempting to claim Iran is responsible for the bombing.

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