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Chris Wright: “We've probably degraded their ability to make missiles by…”

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

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Secretary Wright Joins ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos - June 21, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 05:49

So how did we go from saying that the objective of the war was to destroy their missile program to saying that they've got a right to have missiles. Why the change? Well, look, I think it's a matter of degrees. We've probably degraded their ability to make missiles by 90%. That is a massive, I think you could call that an obliteration of their missile making industry. (05:49–05:56)

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