Karoline Leavitt: “If you've heard it from the President of the United States…”

“Can you say what is accurate with respect to ballistic missiles, the nuclear ambitions and the Strait of Hormuz, which are things that the president is laid out that he wants to see a couple times in the past? Ms. Look, If you've heard it from the President of the United States, obviously it's true, as well as the objectives of Operation Epic Fury. We've said repeatedly I've said them from this podium, the Pentagon has reiterated them. That's why we've taken military action to achieve them. So of course, those are goals that we want to see.” (22:57–23:05)

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