There's a much larger picture. There's a much larger picture at play here that included integrated air defenses, bunkers, moving people off the. They were not part of the target. We moved those troops and all across the theater, thousands of troops off the X off of their bases because we knew what Iran was going to try to strike. and we knew that tragic moment could be a tragic moment where something could get through. Of course that's the consequence of conflict. And we remember those six every single day. (09:05–09:14)
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