Clearly, the process was abused. You don't use a hotline to bait and switch the country into a military conflict.
Mike Lee: “Clearly, the process was abused. You don't use a hotline to bait and switch the country into a military conflict.”
On the recordJune 27, 2011
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Mike Lee expressed concern over the misuse of the hotline process.
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