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J. D. Vance: “Even some international organizations that usually don't…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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JD Vance: This just didn't pass the smell test...

Published | Video Starts at 05:45

And nobody objects to the Iranians being able to build, you know, medical isotopes. The objection is these enrichment facilities that are only useful for building a nuclear weapon. Even some international organizations that usually don't agree with the United States were very clear that Iran's only purpose in building these underground, highly enriched facilities was to build a nuclear weapon. It just. It just doesn't pass the smell test for you to say that you want enrichment for, like, medical isotopes while at the same time trying to build a facility 70, 80ft underground. (05:45–05:58)

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Asserts that international organizations agree Iran's underground facilities were for nuclear weapons.

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