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Ron Johnson: “We're going to be debating a nuclear deal with the state of…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson's Opening Statement at HSGAC Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:44

So the purpose of this hearing is to basically stop, Pull our hat out of the sand, you know, stop and start paying attention to this very real threat. We're going to be debating a nuclear deal with the state of Iran. We already know we have North Korea with both nuclear weapon capability and ballistic missile technology, and that ballistic missile technology is improving in North Korea. We know that Iran has those exact same ambitions. And I guess now we've got a deal that's going to end an embargo on their ballistic missile technology. (01:44–02:03)

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Asserts that North Korea has nuclear weapons and improving ballistic missile technology, and a nuclear deal with Iran is forthcoming.

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