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Mark Warner: “The President claimed [Iran's nuclear program] had been…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Warner Says Iran Wasn't an Imminent Threat

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

Why did the President choose to start this war and what are its goals? I mean, a week ago, we heard the administration talk about stopping Iran's nuclear program, which, by the way, The President claimed [Iran's nuclear program] had been obliterated seven months ago. Then we heard the President's people talk about Iran's ballistic missile capability, ability to shoot missiles at our bases or into Israel. And now. Now it's evolved into regime change. (00:50–00:54)

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Asserts that the President claimed Iran's nuclear program was obliterated seven months ago.

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