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Mike Rounds: “The Iranian defenses were down because of the attacks that…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Talks Iran, SAVE America Act on Katie Pavlich Tonight

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

No. And I think what you're going to find is that as people learn more and more about the reasons and the demand in terms of the time, I think you'll find Americans standing behind the President's decision. He made The Iranian defenses were down because of the attacks that had taken out their air systems earlier. their air systems earlier. It was a time in which their protections against their nuclear sites had been taken down already. And at the same time, we knew that they were rebuilding their anti aircraft defenses. (00:37–00:45)

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Asserts that Iranian air defenses were compromised due to prior attacks.

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