… if they are stranded in Iran, that the rescue mission, if that's what's going on, is successful. I'm deeply concerned. I'm concerned about escalation. I've been very vocal about that. If there's going to be conventional troops on the ground, a mainland invasion, for example, this is a different phase of the war or conflict that we would be entering into. And Congress needs to be briefed. Congress needs to have a say. And I've said this before, when we were bombed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt came to Congress to declare war. (07:06–07:18)
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