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James Lankford: “The people of Iran believe this is a war.”

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

Sen. Lankford says U.S. is winning Iran war but 'there's still work to be done': Full interview

Published March 29, 2026 | Video Starts at 07:55

So I call it a military operation. Do you agree that as long as President Trump calls it a military operation, he doesn't need congressional approval? No, I would say The people of Iran believe this is a war. There's no question about that. The key focus will be when the supplemental request comes in for additional funding from the White House to say, okay, we need additional funding to be able to carry forward. (07:55–07:58)

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Asserts that the Iranian people perceive the situation as a war.

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“They've [the Iranian regime] killed tens of thousands of their own people.”
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“The United States has taken out those [Iranian drone production] facilities so Iran can't provide weapons anymore to Russia.”
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“The major features of this [war] was to be able to stop [Iran's] production of ballistic missiles [and] one way attack drones.”
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“They [the Iranian regime] cut off the Internet, they cut off all access to the outside world.”
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“They [the Iranian regime] hang teenagers for protesting.”
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“They [Democrats] were demanding body worn cameras, which we were fine with and said, yes, absolutely, let's add funding for body worn…”
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“They [Democrats] tried to put on everything that made it unreasonable, even limiting where border patrol could even function in the country.”
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“This has been about taking out [Iran's] nuclear program, stopping their terrorism, [and] their ballistic missile program.”
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“We've been actively going after missile launchers. You can't launch a missile if you don't have the launcher itself.”
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“Almost five decades, Iran has been attacking Americans at every single chance that they have.”
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“The president has the authority to be able to prevent someone from attacking us.”
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“The DHS funding bill for the last five years has been the hardest bill to be able to pass through Congress.”
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“Democrats were demanding that ICE agents would not go to a polling place.”
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“We're in a conflict with Iran right now.”
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