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Mary Peltola: “We need to stop fighting ‘forever wars.’ And that was one of the promises that we heard in the last cycle: ‘No more…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2026
We need to stop fighting ‘forever wars.’ And that was one of the promises that we heard in the last cycle: ‘No more forever wars.’ And here we are in the most damaging war that I can remember.
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Mary Peltola
Democratic · Alaska

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Commenting on the Iran War during a candidate forum.

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