… all that area simply because Iran continues to be a threat and has been a threat for five decades to Americans. So those military bases there to help protect us, We spend billions of dollars on [military bases in the Middle East]. it. If we can get Iran to stop their terrorism work, it saves us billions of dollars in the long term on it. So there's a lot of work going on right now. (01:47–01:50)
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