I said, Mr. President, that is a very good question. And I said, to be honest, it's really close. If you forced me to answer that, here's what I would say. I think Taking out the nuclear facilities in Iran was more important geopolitically in terms of our national security. The Ayatollah with nuclear weapons could have murdered vast numbers of Americans. And so taking out those nuclear facilities made America much, much safer. (16:53–17:00)
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Asserts that destroying Iran's nuclear facilities was more important for U.S. national security.
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