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Trump Takes Zero Responsibility For Yemen Raid Disaster

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March 1, 2017

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It was Obama’s fault, but it was a great success. Or something. John Iadarola and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Senior government officials said they were "unaware" of any significant intelligence results from the military raid in Yemen that left Navy SEAL Ryan Owens dead, NBC reports. The officials' statements contradict the Pentagon and Sean Spicer who have said that the terror raid brought in "actionable intelligence" that could "prevent the potential deaths or attacks on American soil.”

At the beginning of February, the Pentagon released a video it claimed was recovered from the raid—which also killed Yemeni civilians and children and wounded three other SEALs—only to pull it offline after BuzzFeed News pointed out that the video has been available since 2007.

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The White House, which initially touted the raid as a success and show of strength from Trump's administration, has backpedaled somewhat following Owens's statements. Sean Spicer admitted Monday that the raid was not "100 percent successful" because of the SEAL death, and Trump tried to blame the whole thing on Obama during a Tuesday interview on FOX & Friends.”*

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