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Chris Murphy: The American people either didn't want this war or were deeply skeptical of this war because they have seen this country…

On the recordJuly 22, 2026
The American people either didn't want this war or were deeply skeptical of this war because they have seen this country make the same mistake over and over again in wars in the Middle East, and that is to create either unrealistic or open-ended objectives.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Questioning Secretary of Defense about war objectives.

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