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John Cornyn: “I congratulated [the President] for his courage in…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senator John Cornyn is running for a fifth term and is "confident of the outcome"

Published | Video Starts at 19:31

But I talked to the President about all sorts of things, including, including things like what he did in Iran. I remember one of my most recent phone calls with him. I congratulated [the President] for his courage in authorizing the Air Force to commission these B2 bombers to fly 35 hours round trip from Missouri and drop bunker busters down the ventilation tubing of the Iranian nuclear machine. It took 145 different planes to accomplish that. This was masterful. No other country in the world could do it. But can you imagine the President making that call? (19:31–19:53)

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Asserts that the President authorized a military operation involving B2 bombers targeting Iranian nuclear facilities.

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