Scott Ritter joined Medea Benjamin and Code Pink to urgently lobby members on Capitol Hill to do what they could to stop the U.S. from starting a nuclear war.
WATCH: Ritter Lobbies at the Capitol to Avert Nuclear War
Category: Politics
WATCH: No Nuclear War — A Call to Reason
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