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Tim Kaine: “We were told that Iraq was pursuing nuclear weapons and had…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:27

But to every state, we were lied to about the war in Iraq. We were told that Iraq had something to do with 9, 11. That was not true. We were told that Iraq was pursuing nuclear weapons and had weapons of mass destruction they'd use against the United States. That was not true. That was not true. But those were put on the table before a vote in Congress to engage in a war that Most now agree 25 years later was a massive, massive mistake. (01:27–01:32)

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Asserts that claims about Iraq pursuing nuclear weapons and WMDs were false.

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