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J. D. Vance: “The President made very clear that the purpose here is to…”

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Vice President J.D. Vance Discusses U.S. Military Action Against Iran's Nuclear Program on Meet the Press

Published | Video Starts at 08:35

Well, the final decision, Christine, of course, is made right before, and I'm talking. About what was that? Or the bombs were dropped. And of course, well, that was last night. And The President made very clear that the purpose here is to eliminate the Iranian nuclear program. So I think that he himself, over time, decided this was necessary. But of course, he had the ability to call off this attack until the very last minute. (08:35–08:42)

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Asserts that the purpose of the attack was to eliminate the Iranian nuclear program.

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