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Lloyd Austin: To answer your question as to whether or not there was intervention from a higher level of the White House in this…

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
To answer your question as to whether or not there was intervention from a higher level of the White House in this particular incident, the answer is absolutely not.
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Lloyd Austin
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Clarifying that the White House did not intervene in military engagements.

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