Within a few months then President Obama wanted to, he was coming to Congress and wanted to start a new war in the Middle east, this time in Syria. And I was the first Democrat. That's maybe the only. I was the first Democrat who came out publicly and opposed [Obama's] request. and gave very specific reasons why I was on the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the time that were based on my own experience of having deployed to the Middle … (12:08–12:41)
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Asserts that Tulsi Gabbard was the first Democrat to publicly oppose Obama's request for military action in Syria.
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