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Michael Bennet: “There was no evidence before Donald Trump began this latest…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Bennet Discusses Trump's Reckless War on Iran with 9New's Kyle Clark

Published | Video Starts at 04:44

Their ballistic missiles are a threat to not just Israel and the Middle east, but the United ultimately could be the United States. I have said over and over and over again they should never have a nuclear weapon. But There was no evidence before Donald Trump began this latest campaign that [Iran] were any closer to breaking out to a nuclear weapon. than they were six months ago or frankly, six years ago. Some of the president's critics think that he's being led around by the nose by Israel. (04:44–04:53)

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Asserts that there was no evidence of Iran nearing nuclear weapon capability before Trump's campaign.

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