They would have wanted the commander in chief to be able to act unilaterally because if you waited on Congress to authorize it, we would dither over this for weeks or months. Iran would have a nuclear warhead by the time Congress acted. And I'm not sure we could deliver the votes so well, they certainly would. Have had all the nuclear facilities emptied out, you know, the ones that we knew about. (21:18–21:22)
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