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James Lankford: “We have about three quarters of a million Americans that…”

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 01:22

As you pointed out, the president already said that their nuclear program had been eliminated. Our own intelligence agency said they don't have a significant ballistic missile threat that can attack the United States either. Yeah, We have about three quarters of a million Americans that actually live in that area. As you know, Iran is right now throwing missiles at hotels in the UAE and Qatar, in Saudi Arabia and in Israel, there are a lot of American citizens that also live and work in those regions. (01:22–01:27)

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Asserts that approximately 750,000 Americans live in the region near Iran.

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