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Pete Buttigieg: “The situation in Iran is terrible. It's costing us at home…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Mike Muse Interviews Pete Buttigieg on America's Future, Leadership & Public Service

Published | Video Starts at 34:52

I think there's a really high standard of proof I would need to see to feel like that's where things ought to go. And, you know, more broadly, The situation in Iran is terrible. It's costing us at home, at the pump, it's costing American lives. And those in uniform are paying the price. It never should have happened in the first place. It's just one more example of how things are a certain way. (34:52–34:58)

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Asserts that the situation in Iran has negative impacts on the U.S., including economic and human costs.

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