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Mike Rounds: “The island itself is at risk.”

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 01:43

What are your thoughts about whether that would be necessary in order to achieve the objectives that the President has laid out and what you've heard from briefings on Capitol Hill. Well, first of all, yeah, The island itself is at risk. And it's a real opportunity for us to literally limit the Iranians from being able to produce more oil and literally shut off the lifeblood for the country. (01:43–01:47)

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Asserts that a specific island (likely Carg Island) is at risk in the context of military operations.

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