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Mark Kelly: “They don't have [ballistic missile] capability [to reach the…”

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

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Mark Kelly calls Khamenei's death a 'good thing' but slams lack of 'plan' in Iran: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 02:09

Well, and you, of course, flew combat missions during the Gulf War. Broadly speaking, do you support this military operation? They don't have [ballistic missile] capability [to reach the continental United States]. Now, he was not implying that, but that they're trying to achieve it, which is true, but that's going to take a long time. So what was the imminent threat? (02:09–02:10)

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Asserts that Iran does not have ballistic missile capability to reach the continental United States.

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