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All right, good afternoon, everyone.

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My name is Aisling with Senator

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Baldwin's office, a few notes

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of housekeeping before we get

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The Senator will start us off with

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deal with Iran, and afterward,

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we'll have time for a few on-topic

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Now, I'll hand it over to Senator

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Baldwin to make some remarks.

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Senator.

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Thank you, Aisling.

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Good afternoon, everyone.

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I want to thank you all for joining

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us on this call today.

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So over the weekend, President

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Trump told the American people that

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his war of choice in

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Iran was over.

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He told the American people that

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Iran had agreed to a

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deal.

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But I know better than

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to take President Trump's

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word for it.

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And so do most

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Wisconsinites.

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From his trade wars to

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peace negotiations,

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President Trump often claims victory

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without any work to show

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for it.

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And this time is no different.

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The truth is, President Trump has

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not reached a deal with Iran.

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There's no agreement to

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end their nuclear program.

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We have no assurances

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that war won't continue and

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no evidence that Americans are

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any better off today than

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they were before this all

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started.

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without any paper to back

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it up that President

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agreement to keep talking about

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a deal over the next 60

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On this deal to make

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a deal later, we have zero

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details and are

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told just to

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take the president's word for

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it.

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The Trump administration and

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the Iranian government cannot even

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seem to agree on what

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is included in the

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agreement.

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Look, peace is unequivocally

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a good thing and something I have

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been fighting for since this

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president launched.

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This unnecessary war.

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In fact, it has been something

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I've advocated for my

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entire career.

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whatever is in this agreement is

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real and also good

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for the American people.

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Because so far this president's war

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has simply been a disaster for

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Wisconsinites.

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President Trump's war,

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has cost 13 service members

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their lives.

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billion dollars in taxpayer

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funds and raised

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the cost at the pump for

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In fact, on that point, Wisconsin,

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Wisconsinites have had to spend

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877 million

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dollars more on gas since

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the beginning of the war than they

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would have had the war not begun.

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Wisconsin has spent $378

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more on gas in

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this same period of time.

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diesel hit record highs

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last month right

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in the middle of planting season.

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costs skyrocketed from

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$120,000

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over the last year.

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farmers reported not being able

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to afford the fertilizer

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they needed this year.

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Across the board, President

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Wisconsinites to foot the bill for

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a war they did not choose and

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do not like.

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loves the inflation he's

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caused. He literally said that.

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Now he's claiming victory without

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even sharing what his plan

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is for a temporary

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solution.

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That's why Donald Trump's

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wink and nod promise is

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simply not enough.

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Wisconsin families need details,

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and a guarantee that this expensive

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and unnecessary war is

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over once and for all.

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Diplomacy and negotiation

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are hard.

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We know that, but it

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has always been the path forward,

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and I would be remiss if I

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did not point out how

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the president got himself into

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this situation.

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first term, Trump

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tore up the

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Iran deal we negotiated

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that limited Iran's

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nuclear capabilities.

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He tore it up, and

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now the president is

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seeing that this is not

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a situation you can just bomb

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yourself out of.

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Here's what he needs to do.

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He needs to show the American people

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what is in this agreement,

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what our plan is to reach a

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real long-term

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peace deal, and explain

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how any of us are

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better off now compared

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to three and a half months ago.

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term peace agreement is signed

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sealed and

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any nuclear agreement is delivered

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to Congress.

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I'm going to continue to do my job

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and force the Senate to vote

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to stop this war.

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This wishy-washy hypothetical

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deal with zero details is

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just not good enough

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for me.

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And it's not good for our service

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members or Wisconsin farmers

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and families who are

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shouldering the high costs

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because of Trump's

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illegal war of choice.

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It's time to end this war and

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the president really needs to get

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serious about doing it

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Actually, I'll hang it handed back

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to you

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Great, thank you, Senator.

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Just a reminder that questions

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should be submitted to the chat Q&A

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function. We will get to as many

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on-topic questions as we can with

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Senator Baldwin.

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If you have any follow-up questions,

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please direct them to our office via

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email afterwards.

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And it looks like we already have a

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few coming in, so I'll jump

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right into it.

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Senator, how suspect are

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you that the president refuses

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to release the actual text of

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the deal? And Trump saying, quote

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unquote, it's a very strong deal.

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Nobody knows what it is, but it's

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very strong.

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Yes, I didn't get a chance to

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hear or watch his

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rambling press conference at

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the G7, but

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I've had it sort of

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described to me.

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of last week, has

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indicated at one time or another

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that this war

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is over.

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he has said so 38

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separate times The

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war is over. We reached agreement

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agreements around the corner, etc I

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don't know why anyone should view

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this as any different

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from that The idea

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that it's strong,

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but nobody's seen it and no one

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knows what's in it is ridiculous

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have no confidence

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in this president when he

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says that there's an

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understanding or,

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as I said earlier, an agreement

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to start working on another

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agreement.

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This is not enough and we need

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to bring this war to an end.

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Thanks, Senator.

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Will Senate Democrats pursue the

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war powers resolution now that

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a MOU between

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the US and Iran has been agreed

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to?

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there is truly an

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mo you a memorandum of

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understanding to pause

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for 60 days for further

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negotiations

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an end to the war and

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so yes Congress

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absolutely needs to

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continue acting to

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end this war once and for all

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And I want to say just a word or two

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about our efforts to do so.

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When this president brought

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us into his

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war of choice, we weren't under

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attack. We weren't done under any

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imminent threat of attack from

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Iran.

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He brought us in to an illegal

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war.

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that no business as usual.

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This cannot be allowed to

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stand.

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my Democratic colleagues and I,

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introduced War Powers Resolutions.

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And each one of us has brought ours

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up in turn, week

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after week, to demand

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a vote.

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join us,

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then two, then three,

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We are gonna carry on

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until we are able

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to bring this to a close.

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No solace in the

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idea that this president insists

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that we're on the verge of

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a 60-day

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pause or ceasefire to

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negotiate a final

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end, we've got to

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keep holding my Republican

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colleagues' feet to the fire and

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have them vote to end this war.

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Thanks, Senator.

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And a bit of a follow-up question to

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that one. What was your reaction

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when the War Powers vote failed

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again yesterday?

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Well, sadly, we didn't have

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full attendance for various

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reasons, and so

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that was at least a

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part of the of the

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issue. But I think it's

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quite possible that some

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of my Republican colleagues who

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had previously joined

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us were

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taking the president's

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word that a

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deal to end the war,

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an agreement to end the war was

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upon us and around the

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corner.

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I think they'll soon find out

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that that's not the case.

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the president said,

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apparently in his

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press conference,

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his rambling press conference, that

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we can go back to bombing

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at any moment.

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That type of rhetoric does

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not assure me that

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this is nearly over.

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Thanks, Senator.

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And you touched on this at the tail

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end of that answer.

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But another question for you,

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Senator Baldwin, President Trump

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today said the potential U.S.-Iran

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agreement isn't final and

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bombing could resume if they don't

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behave. And that's a quote.

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Do you have a response to those

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comments?

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Well, it just underscores

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that there is no

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deal.

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If there was, we would need to see

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what's in it.

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And from what I can

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tell, there's no grand deal to

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end the war or stop

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Iran's nuclear program.

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I said in my opening

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remarks that we have to remember

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that President Trump tore up

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the nuclear deal

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that had been reached,

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that was reached through diplomacy,

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international, multilateral

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diplomacy.

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And it took months to

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get all the details

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down and to

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get the agreement through.

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Congress had a role in signing off

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on it.

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None of that is

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lined up at this period of time.

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I can't see possibly how

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we could end up with

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a stronger deal curtailing

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Iran's nuclear program

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60 days from now

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than we did back in 2015

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after months of

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multilateral negotiation.

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But again, Trump ripped up that

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deal and we're going to

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possibly probably end

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up in a much worse place.

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When we finally see

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this wind down and

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end.

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Thanks, Senator.

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Next question is, what kind of

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agreement between the U.S.

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And Iran would be good enough?

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Look, first of all,

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this should never have been,

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this was a war of choice on

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President Trump's part,

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and this should

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have been the subject

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of negotiations and

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diplomacy from the very beginning.

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We need a political and

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diplomatic solution to

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Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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I'm one who agrees.

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In fact, I think all my

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colleagues agree that Iran

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should never have a nuclear

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weapon.

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And therefore, there

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needs to be safeguards

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and curtailment, in fact,

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probably the end

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of Iran's nuclear

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program.

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And so we

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need to get to the table.

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And do what was

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done in 2014-2015

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and come up with a

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comprehensive agreement

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that includes intrusive

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inspections of

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Iran's nuclear program

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to

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assure the world that they

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will never have a nuclear

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weapon.

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But that has

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not been the course that this

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president has pursued and instead

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uh, has started a war that's

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cost, uh, 13

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members of our armed services,

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their lives has caused, uh

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dozens of, well, hundreds of

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service members to be injured,

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some very significantly,

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uh and it's cost taxpayers

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$30 billion.

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Uh, diplomacy in a political

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course is the action,

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is, is the answer.

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Thank you, Senator.

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And last question here.

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Senator Johnson and congressional

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Republicans in Wisconsin have said

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that this war was needed to stop

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Iran's nuclear program, and

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therefore it has been worth it.

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What's your response to that?

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Let me just underscore this

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war was 100%

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unnecessary.

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It matters to me

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that we

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follow the Constitution and the laws

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of this country.

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The president as commander in

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chief has the

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authority without consulting

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Congress to defend our

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nation against an attack,

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to repel an attack or an

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imminent attack against the U.S.

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Or its assets and

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interests around the world.

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None of that was in

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question when Trump started

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his war of choice in Iran.

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And I there was obviously

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a deal reached a

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little over a decade ago through

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hard work and

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negotiation, diplomacy.

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There's no reason why that couldn't

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have happened.

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Once again,

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despite Donald Trump have having

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had ripped up that agreement.

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That's, you know, what we're

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seeing now as is this

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war is

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causing more damage, we may

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end up

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much further behind than we were

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before it began.

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Certainly, it is costly for

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Wisconsinites, for Americans,

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and we're getting a

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worse deal than before this

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war started.

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Thank you, Senator.

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And that's all we have time for

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today to the press box on

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the call. I'll be sending around a

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recording of this meeting to all

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participants in the next 30 minutes

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or so.

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Please feel free to reach out to me

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with any follow-up questions.

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Thank you all for joining.