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Markwayne Mullin: “Iran was actively trying to get a nuclear weapon, actively…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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MULLIN: 'We should thank President Trump for this.' | Faulkner Focus

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

They're not arguing the fact that every president since 1979 has been warning about the aggressive behavior of Iran. They can't even argue the fact that Iran was actively trying to get a nuclear weapon, actively building their missile arsonist arson. And it wasn't a, it wasn't a matter of if. It was a matter of when they were going to try to hit our homeland because they had been hitting our assets all around the region. (02:14–02:21)

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Asserts that Iran was actively pursuing nuclear weapons and missile capabilities.

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