The Senate voted this week to advance a bipartisan amendment saying President Trump’s troop withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan would put hard-won national security gains at risk.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) of Florida’s 6th Congressional District, who is a Green Beret and veteran of the war in Afghanistan.
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