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John Cornyn: “Since the Iranian nuclear program started, they basically…”

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

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Cornyn Discusses Preventing Iran From Getting a Nuclear Weapon with Sec. Rubio

Published | Video Starts at 01:54

… conduct those kinds of terrorist acts, whatever possessed a nuclear weapon is unthinkable, unbearable and unacceptable. And it's not going to happen under President Trump. So ever since 19, well, Since the Iranian nuclear program started, they basically blocked the IAEA and others from doing the inspections. that would be required in order to monitor their use of enriched uranium. We've had presidents, Democrat and Republican, say that a Iranian nuclear weapon was unacceptable. (01:54–02:10)

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Asserts that Iran has blocked the IAEA from conducting inspections of its nuclear program.

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