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James Lankford: “Every military base we have in the region is because of the…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Lankford Joins ABC News to Discuss Operation Epic Fury

Published | Video Starts at 02:38

Our beef is not with the Iranian people. We have great connection with Iranian people. Our problem is with an Iranian regime that continues to be able to attack their neighbors. Every military base we have in the region is because of the threat of Iran. The constant issues that we have in destabilizing the Middle east is because of Iran. This has been a decades long issue that we can't just ignore. (02:38–02:43)

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Asserts that U.S. military bases in the region exist due to the threat from Iran.

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