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Michael Baumgartner: “We're certainly taking away the capability for them to harm…”

Featuring: Michael Baumgartner, Republican | U.S. House Washington, 5th Congressional District

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Rep. Michael Baumgartner on The Lead with Jake Tapper

Published | Video Starts at 03:25

… can't shoot missiles at our allies or us and don't have a nuclear weapons program, we're just going to leave it at that. Is that your impression as well? Well, We're certainly taking away the capability for them to harm us. What we'd also like to do is to take away the willingness or the intent to do that. You know, Venezuela presents one paradigm where their dictator was removed and we see a change in behavior coercively from their new leadership. (03:25–03:29)

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Asserts that efforts are being made to remove Iran's capability to harm the U.S.

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