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Marco Rubio: “Significant, very significant, substantial damage was done…”

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Marco Rubio Discusses U.S. Actions on Iranian Nuclear Sites and NATO Summit Outcomes

Published | Video Starts at 01:32

So the bottom line is they are much further away from a nuclear weapon today than they were before the President took this bold action. That's the most important thing to understand. Significant, very significant, substantial damage was done to a variety of different components [of the Iranian nuclear program]. and we're just learning more about it. Understand that most of the damage that occurred here in Fordeaux occurred deep underground. That's why we use penetrator weaponry to do that. (01:32–01:38)

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Asserts that substantial damage was inflicted on components of the Iranian nuclear program.

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