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Tulsi Gabbard: “The CIA was using American taxpayer dollars to provide arms…”

Featuring: Tulsi Gabbard, Republican | Director of National Intelligence

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard On America's Role In The World

Published | Video Starts at 02:37

That is a regime change war that has continued over the years, that has increased the suffering of the Syrian people and strengthened terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and isis, because The CIA was using American taxpayer dollars to provide arms and training equipment to these terrorist groups to get them to overthrow the government. So that is a regime change war that we should not have been waging. So, but if it is someone like Bashar Al Assad who gases his own people or … (02:37–02:46)

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Asserts that the CIA used taxpayer dollars to arm and train terrorist groups in Syria.

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