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Hakeem Jeffries: “There was no threat, that Iran was actually close to nuclear…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries Joins CNBC's Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

Now, the so called expert does understand, should understand, that the administration has presented no evidence, zero evidence, privately or publicly, that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America in terms of Iran's ballistic missile capacity and that There was no threat, that Iran was actually close to nuclear breakout or had demonstrated the intention to take steps to get to nuclear breakout. And so the objectives that the administration allegedly is trying to achieve can't be accomplished militarily. (04:04–04:14)

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Asserts that Iran was not close to a nuclear breakout.

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