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26:46Now PlayingSen. Mark Kelly and Sen. Elissa Slotkin hold a news conference after the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., failed to secure an indictment against six Democratic members of Congress who made a video telling servicemembers they could refuse illegal orders, according to sources.
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