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Elissa Slotkin: “We have for sure degraded their nuclear capabilities. For…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 07:06

I mean, that's what came out in the negotiations, that they were bragging that they were, like, weeks away from having enough to make 11 bombs. That's pretty clear. But look, I can say very openly as a national security person, We have for sure degraded their nuclear capabilities. For sure degraded their ballistic missile capabilities. Important things in terms of the Iranian government. But until the Strait of Hormuz is open, you literally just can't say that we've won this war when another country has a veto over what ship goes in and out. (07:06–07:12)

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