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Adam Kinzinger: “I know Edward Snowden was under some false impression that he was some hero when he was really just a traitor, that's…”

On the recordApril 13, 2023
I know Edward Snowden was under some false impression that he was some hero when he was really just a traitor, that's got to be screened out because we can't live in this moment where somebody that's 20 or 21 years old, believes they can set the foreign policy for the United States of America and frankly, honestly, probably cost Ukrainian lives in the long run with this leak.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger discusses the implications of Edward Snowden's actions and the belief that individuals can determine U.S. foreign policy.

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