But in this particular case, what we are focused on is not the changing of the regime. Okay? That's up to the Iranian people if they want to do that. But that's not what we're focused on. Our national interest is about one thing, and that is Iran not getting anywhere near the capability to weaponize and have nuclear weapons. They're not going to get anywhere near that capability. The president has made that clear from day one. Our preference for solving that problem, that very specific problem, is through diplomacy. (16:40–16:49)
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Asserts that U.S. national interest is preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.
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