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Ted Cruz: “The core of the conflict in Iran is Iran's drive to build a…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Cruz Questions Nominees Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Published | Video Starts at 00:22

Every one of the nominees at the table today is somehow implicated by it, whether it be issues of security cooperation or cyber vulnerability or even the regime's attack on Cyprus. As you know, The core of the conflict in Iran is Iran's drive to build a nuclear weapons arsenal. Iran's regime is built on their pledge to eradicate America and I believe that they would absolutely use such an arsenal to try to achieve that goal. (00:22–00:30)

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Asserts that Iran's drive to build a nuclear weapons arsenal is the core of the conflict.

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