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John Thune: “[The military objectives] are to diminish the capability of…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 07:29

And I think, you know, that clearly the American people's patience and tolerance for long wars isn't great. But I think what they are doing there is achieving the objectives that they set out to achieve, and that is [The military objectives] are to diminish the capability of Iran to threaten the entire region and the world with nuclear and conventional weapons. to diminish their naval capacity in that region and to. And ultimately, I would love to see a leadership change there, Martha. I think a regime change is a worthwhile objective. (07:29–07:47)

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Asserts that a key military objective is to reduce Iran's ability to threaten with nuclear and conventional weapons.

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