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Markwayne Mullin: “We didn't go into this looking for regime change during the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:51

If you, if you think about it, Russia and China is not weighing in on this because they don't even want the Ayatollah to have a nuclear weapon. We were very clear. We didn't, We didn't go into this looking for regime change during the 12 Day War. Stuart, the President made it very clear. We know where you're at speaking to the Ayatollah saying, and if we chose to, we'll take you out. But he wanted diplomacy to work. (00:51–00:56)

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Asserts that the U.S. did not seek regime change in Iran during the 12 Day War.

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