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Sen. Welch on U.S. potentially striking Iran: "We should be taking care of America first"
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Democratic Sen. Peter Welch tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer he's concerned about the U.S. being involved in another long Middle East war and says Congress is abdicating its Constitutional war authority.

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