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On the recordJuly 12, 2017
the Department of Defense denied for I believe about a five-year period in the aftermath of the war that the U.S. troops were ever exposed to chemical weapons and it wasn't until, you know, they were forced to admit it later on that they in fact were.
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Mike Coffman
Republican · Colorado

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Coffman highlights the DOD's initial denial of chemical weapons exposure to U.S. troops.

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