The Senator from Missouri is absolutely correct. That is the point I was going to make, and she made it more distinctly and more decisively. Mrs. McCASKILL. Sorry. I heard you talking about Iraqis, and I wanted to make sure everyone in America understood that they were here training with our military to fight ISIS, and the President of the United States told them they were no longer welcome.
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