07/16/2018
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"This really rash decision which will want to put our troops in harm's way. You know, President Trump just literally wants to blow everything up as he goes out the door."
"He is putting his own personal vendettas, his own personal fragile ego ahead of the well-being and the security of our nation."
"And that silence is deafening. That silence is not good for our national security. That silence on the part of my colleagues is not good for a small 'D' democracy."
"the president of the United States firing the defense secretary this soon after the election, this soon after a major transition destabilizes our national security. There's no way to get around it, an..."