Tulsi Gabbard
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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.
Yeah, the New York Times article was a result of an unfortunate, unauthorized, and illegal leak of a very private conversation between the president and his advisers. I won't get into the details, but it was a very robust discussion that really speaks to President Trump's care and thoughtfulness as he makes his decisions around these very serious issues of war and peace.
Yeah, the New York Times article was a result of an unfortunate, unauthorized, and illegal leak of a very private conversation between the president and his advisers. I won't get into the details, but it was a very robust discussion that really speaks to President Trump's care and thoughtfulness as he makes his decisions around these very serious issues of war and peace.
Yeah, the New York Times article was a result of an unfortunate, unauthorized, and illegal leak of a very private conversation between the president and his advisers. I won't get into the details, but it was a very robust discussion that really speaks to President Trump's care and thoughtfulness as he makes his decisions around these very serious issues of war and peace.
Ultimately, what we are doing is providing the president with the facts. the intelligence. Here is what the intelligence is telling us as the Secretary of Defense. Here are the options that are on the table and the likely outcomes that could occur if you go with course of action A, B, or C. And ultimately, it's the president who makes the decision.
Ultimately, what we are doing is providing the president with the facts. the intelligence. Here is what the intelligence is telling us as the Secretary of Defense. Here are the options that are on the table and the likely outcomes that could occur if you go with course of action A, B, or C. And ultimately, it's the president who makes the decision.
Ultimately, what we are doing is providing the president with the facts. the intelligence. Here is what the intelligence is telling us as the Secretary of Defense. Here are the options that are on the table and the likely outcomes that could occur if you go with course of action A, B, or C. And ultimately, it's the president who makes the decision.
And he has made it clear time and time again that his goal with Iran, first of all, they cannot be in a position where they can develop or have a nuclear weapon. and that he believes and is confident in the opportunity that this moment provides to be able to achieve that outcome through peaceful means, through diplomacy, and through negotiations.
And he has made it clear time and time again that his goal with Iran, first of all, they cannot be in a position where they can develop or have a nuclear weapon. and that he believes and is confident in the opportunity that this moment provides to be able to achieve that outcome through peaceful means, through diplomacy, and through negotiations.
And he has made it clear time and time again that his goal with Iran, first of all, they cannot be in a position where they can develop or have a nuclear weapon. and that he believes and is confident in the opportunity that this moment provides to be able to achieve that outcome through peaceful means, through diplomacy, and through negotiations.