And the answer is, we felt very strongly that the Iranians were stonewalling us. They weren't taking this seriously. They were trying to draw this process out as long as possible so that they could rebuild … We had a narrow window of opportunity [to carry out this attack]. … diplomacy. The diplomacy never was given a real chance by the Iranians. And our hope, Kristen, as the President said repeatedly, is that this maybe can reset. Here. (03:59–04:05)
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