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Marco Rubio: “Our objective was to severely degrade and or destroy three…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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US-Iran Tensions: Marco Rubio Discusses Trump's Military Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites

Published | Video Starts at 14:20

This Secretary, what does the road ahead look like from a military standpoint in the US Regarding Iran over the near term? Well, we've achieved our objective. Our objective was to severely degrade and or destroy three nuclear sites inside of Iran. One of them had 60% enriched uranium. 60%. Remember, you only need like 3.67% for a nuclear power plant. You only need 20% enriched uranium, very small quantities for, like, medical isotopes and that kind of thing. (14:20–14:26)

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Asserts that the U.S. military operation aimed to degrade or destroy three Iranian nuclear sites.

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