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Tulsi Gabbard: “The diplomats in charge of the State Department are too…”

Featuring: Tulsi Gabbard, Republican | Director of National Intelligence

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Tulsi Gabbard and Stephen Kinzer Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy and the Cost of War

Published | Video Starts at 49:23

And I think it's really an imbalance that we need to work out. Diplomacy is not a bad word, but I think in Washington sometimes it is. Because the diplomats in charge of the state, The diplomats in charge of the State Department are too often the ones who are egging on and encouraging waging of war, whether it be economic war through sanctions or otherwise. I want to talk a little bit to you about elections interference. This is a term that again has become very popular over the last few years. (49:23–49:37)

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Asserts that State Department diplomats encourage war, including economic war through sanctions.

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