00:00I emerged from this briefing as dissatisfied and angry, frankly, as I have from any past
00:11briefing in my 15 years in the Senate.
00:15I am left with more questions than answers, especially about the cost of the war.
00:26Well, my questions have been unanswered, and I will demand answers because the American
00:34people deserve to know.
00:36And I guess I am most concerned about the threat to American lives of potentially deploying
00:48our sons and daughters on the ground in Iran.
00:52We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish
01:01any of the potential objectives here.
01:03And there is also, as disturbingly as anything else, the specter of active Russian aid to
01:16Iran putting in danger American lives.
01:22Literally, Russia seems to be aiding our enemy actively and intensively with intelligence
01:30and perhaps with other means.
01:32And China also may be assisting Iran.
01:38So the American people deserve to know much more than this administration has told them
01:43about the cost of the war, the danger to our sons and daughters in uniform, and the potential
01:52for further escalation and widening of this war, a war of choice made by this president, not chosen
02:02by the American people with potentially huge consequences to American lives.
02:10I emerged from this briefing as dissatisfied and angry, frankly, as I have from any past briefing
02:22in my 15 years in my 15 years in the Senate.
02:25I am left with more questions than answers, especially about the cost of the war.
02:35My questions have been unanswered and I will demand answers because the American people deserve to know.
02:46And I guess I am most concerned about the threat to American lives of potentially deploying
02:57our sons and daughters on the ground in Iran.
03:01We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of
03:11the potential objectives here.
03:15And there is also, as disturbingly as anything else, the specter of active Russian aid to Iran,
03:27in Iran, putting in danger American lives.
03:32Literally, Russia seems to be aiding our enemy actively and intensively with intelligence and
03:40perhaps with other means. And China also may be assisting Iran.
03:46So the American people deserve to know much more than this administration has told them about the cost of the
03:54war,
03:55the danger to our sons and daughters in uniform, and the potential for further escalation and widening of
04:05this war. A war of choice made by this president, not chosen by the American people with potentially huge
04:15consequences to American lives.
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