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Mark Kelly: “On March 2, you said, and this is a quote, this was a…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Since the start of this war, you've made it a point to highlight the number of strikes the US military is carrying out, citing that more than 13,000 targets had been struck as of April 8. On March 2, you said, and this is a quote, this was a massive, overwhelming attack across all domains of warfare, striking more than 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours. On March 10, you said, yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside of Iran. On April 6, you said, and this is another quote, the largest volume of strikes since day one of this operation. (01:03–01:14)

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Asserts that more than 1,000 targets were struck in the first 24 hours of an attack on March 2.

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