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Chris Wright: “Iran is critically close to developing nuclear weapons.”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright talks gas prices, energy rates and cost-of-living worries

Published | Video Starts at 05:58

It's overseas. It's sort of an out of sight, out of mind problem. So, you know, most people aren't experiencing that, but it is very real. Iran is critically close to developing nuclear weapons. And as you've seen in this conflict, they have just a massive missile program and infrastructure to build more missiles. (05:58–06:02)

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