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Tom Udall: “If another country had troops in the U.S. without our permission and was training military groups to attack our…”

On the recordJune 13, 2017
If another country had troops in the U.S. without our permission and was training military groups to attack our government, wouldn't we obviously consider that an invasion and a declaration of war?
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Udall draws a parallel to emphasize the seriousness of U.S. military presence in Syria.

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