Well, thank you for the question, Senator. I can reassure you that it was all accounted for. Every aspect of this [operation] was poured over by the Joint Staff, by civilian leadership. and represented in pursuit of a very clear goal. And the Chairman laid out correctly what the metrics militarily were from the beginning, whether it's ballistic missiles, Iran's Navy. (01:49–01:53)
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