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Pete Buttigieg: “They had been stopped from getting anywhere near a nuclear…”

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

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Pete Responds to Breaking Inflation News, Live on Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

They were lying about everything. Right. The idea of they had much longer range missiles than they. Compliance problems, we've seen all play out. But the point is They had been stopped from getting anywhere near a nuclear weapon. And last year, the President assured us that he ended their nuclear ambitions. If he wants to come clean with the American people that he failed to do that, then he has to say that before he launches a war. (03:12–03:16)

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Asserts that Iran had been prevented from nearing a nuclear weapon.

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