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Steve Witkoff: “We exhausted all efforts on behalf of a peaceful resolution…”

Featuring: Steve Witkoff, Republican | U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East | National

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U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff details Iran negotiations prior to start of war

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

… Chairman, Marco Rubio, JD Scott Besant, Chris Wright, John Radcliffe throughout all of these negotiations and we were repeatedly rebuffed on everything we asked for. I have no doubt that We exhausted all efforts on behalf of a peaceful resolution as you directed. Jared and I both agreed that the Iranians were there to buy time until a weaker president arrived. (02:18–02:24)

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