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Brian Schatz: “He wanted to liberate the Iranian people and that has not…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Senate Democratic Leadership Press Conference 06/16/2026

Published | Video Starts at 05:54

He wanted unconditional surrender from the Iranian regime and, and that certainly has not happened. They're still there. They're more radical and they are more emboldened. He wanted to liberate the Iranian people and that has not happened either. There is a reason they are not publishing this deal and it's because it makes plain that this is one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in many generations. Murphy. (05:54–06:00)

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Asserts that Trump's objective to liberate the Iranian people has not been achieved.

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