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Nancy Pelosi: “It wasn't a question of cutting him out of the chain of command. It was a question of what the checks and balances were…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2021
It wasn't a question of cutting him out of the chain of command. It was a question of what the checks and balances were on that - were on that chain of command.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Pelosi defends General Milley's actions regarding the chain of command during the previous administration.

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