Tulsi Gabbard
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And look at what that has cost our country in lives, in treasure. Look at what it's cost the world. Look at what Iraq is today, now essentially a proxy of Iran, when Iraq, that would not have happened had that regime change war not occurred. So again, this is really what is at the heart of what needs to be addressed within the intelligence community and why leadership matters so much.
And look at what that has cost our country in lives, in treasure. Look at what it's cost the world. Look at what Iraq is today, now essentially a proxy of Iran, when Iraq, that would not have happened had that regime change war not occurred. So again, this is really what is at the heart of what needs to be addressed within the intelligence community and why leadership matters so much.
And I served in a medical unit. And it was with a unit out of Hawaii, Infantry Brigade Combat Team. And my first task every single day was to go through a list of all of those who had been casualties the day before, those who were injured. I was the first one notified when there was someone who was killed in action.
And I served in a medical unit. And it was with a unit out of Hawaii, Infantry Brigade Combat Team. And my first task every single day was to go through a list of all of those who had been casualties the day before, those who were injured. I was the first one notified when there was someone who was killed in action.
And I served in a medical unit. And it was with a unit out of Hawaii, Infantry Brigade Combat Team. And my first task every single day was to go through a list of all of those who had been casualties the day before, those who were injured. I was the first one notified when there was someone who was killed in action.
And ultimately to make sure that those who were injured either got the medical care they needed, that they were evacuated as quickly as possible and then making sure that they were getting that care all the way until they got home or getting them back out into the field. But every day, going through this list of names and thinking about those at home who I knew because I heard from my parents,
And ultimately to make sure that those who were injured either got the medical care they needed, that they were evacuated as quickly as possible and then making sure that they were getting that care all the way until they got home or getting them back out into the field. But every day, going through this list of names and thinking about those at home who I knew because I heard from my parents,
And ultimately to make sure that those who were injured either got the medical care they needed, that they were evacuated as quickly as possible and then making sure that they were getting that care all the way until they got home or getting them back out into the field. But every day, going through this list of names and thinking about those at home who I knew because I heard from my parents,
were worrying and terrified of their phone ringing and the most terrible outcome of their loved one, their husband or wife or son or daughter, brother or sister, being in a position where they have paid the ultimate price in service to our country.
were worrying and terrified of their phone ringing and the most terrible outcome of their loved one, their husband or wife or son or daughter, brother or sister, being in a position where they have paid the ultimate price in service to our country.
were worrying and terrified of their phone ringing and the most terrible outcome of their loved one, their husband or wife or son or daughter, brother or sister, being in a position where they have paid the ultimate price in service to our country.
And this is such an important thing because too often, as you know very well, covering all of these issues for so long that you have politicians who debate whether do we go to war here or there? Do we go topple this government or that government? And too often it is so detached from the real consequences that come from those decisions.
And this is such an important thing because too often, as you know very well, covering all of these issues for so long that you have politicians who debate whether do we go to war here or there? Do we go topple this government or that government? And too often it is so detached from the real consequences that come from those decisions.
And this is such an important thing because too often, as you know very well, covering all of these issues for so long that you have politicians who debate whether do we go to war here or there? Do we go topple this government or that government? And too often it is so detached from the real consequences that come from those decisions.
And we see the same reflected here at times, again, when we have people who are working within the intelligence community who perhaps in some cases have become too detached from from the impact of their work on those who are making life and death decisions for our country and the potential to either go to war or to prevent war as President Trump is trying to do on many fronts.
And we see the same reflected here at times, again, when we have people who are working within the intelligence community who perhaps in some cases have become too detached from from the impact of their work on those who are making life and death decisions for our country and the potential to either go to war or to prevent war as President Trump is trying to do on many fronts.
And we see the same reflected here at times, again, when we have people who are working within the intelligence community who perhaps in some cases have become too detached from from the impact of their work on those who are making life and death decisions for our country and the potential to either go to war or to prevent war as President Trump is trying to do on many fronts.
And you have those who are co-opted by the military industrial complex abusing their position to feed or manipulate intelligence, as we saw with the Iraq War, to start a new war. This intelligence community, the work that gets done in places like this every single day, has that power. Mm-hmm. to be the fodder, the fuel, the seed that can lead to yet another unnecessary war.
And you have those who are co-opted by the military industrial complex abusing their position to feed or manipulate intelligence, as we saw with the Iraq War, to start a new war. This intelligence community, the work that gets done in places like this every single day, has that power. Mm-hmm. to be the fodder, the fuel, the seed that can lead to yet another unnecessary war.
And you have those who are co-opted by the military industrial complex abusing their position to feed or manipulate intelligence, as we saw with the Iraq War, to start a new war. This intelligence community, the work that gets done in places like this every single day, has that power. Mm-hmm. to be the fodder, the fuel, the seed that can lead to yet another unnecessary war.