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Derrick Van Orden: “It's not just the 60% uranium, it's the 3.75 to like 20%…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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US says Iran strikes were self defense

Published | Video Starts at 03:23

… to make sure that the interests of the United States and the world at large are taken care of. That means Iran must never have a nuclear weapon. Let's remember, It's not just the 60% uranium, it's the 3.75 to like 20% that rapidly moved to weapons grade uranium. So that has to get out of that country because these mullahs cannot be trusted, period. Yesterday at Arlington on Memorial Day, President Trump addressed the, the main ultimate goal, which is that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. (03:23–03:33)

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Asserts that uranium enriched between 3.75% and 20% can quickly be converted to weapons-grade.

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