Mike Rounds: “Iran was building offensive weapons faster than we could…”

“And it was very clear in the classifieds exactly what they were doing and how quickly they were building their offensive capabilities compared to how quickly we could build our defensive capabilities. And they were Iran was building offensive weapons faster than we could build our defensive weapon systems. to protect our young men and women. Senator Tulsi Gabbard taking some pretty tough questions earlier today, and there have been some rumblings about whether or not her job was safe.” (04:59–05:06)

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