John Cornyn: “The idea that an Iranian nuclear program did not present an…”

“But we knew that they continued to enrich to the point where they could produce a nuclear weapon within a specified time. There's some debate about how long that breakout would take. But The idea that an Iranian nuclear program did not present an imminent threat to the United States to me is just ludicrous. and I think it defies all evidence to the contrary. But do you think if they had acquired a nuclear weapon that that would change the ability of the United States and our allies like Israel to deal with this nuclear armed Iran?” (02:51–02:59)

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