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Matt Gaetz: “The missile program that Iran was developing to be…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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The Anchormen Show EP 135 - RACIAL ANIMUS HIJACKS JUSTICE

Published | Video Starts at 35:49

… you could get a dirty bomb from fissile materiel out of Pakistan or any number of places. So we definitely have to be focused on the dirty bomb thing. But The missile program that Iran was developing to be intercontinental was abandoned like eight, nine years ago. And the hardest thing for an intercontinental threat of a nuclear weapon is the re entry vehicle. It's kind of the last thing that North Korea hasn't figured out yet. (35:49–35:57)

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Asserts that Iran abandoned its intercontinental missile program eight to nine years ago.

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