Gavin Newsom: “This time did appear to be different, that they were getting…”

“And you know, A certain point you just stop believing it. But your assessment, you know, your own objective assessment This time did appear to be different, that they were getting closer and actually appeared to be within a matter of months in a position where potentially we had a weapons grade weapon coming out of Iran. Is that accurate? Pretty much. Look, this was a gathering threat. It wasn't an imminent threat. It was a gathering threat. And the question is how close?” (13:02–13:17)

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