Tim Kaine: “Iran's nuclear program was controlled under the Obama…”

“But the fact that the US Is now negotiating to reopen the Straits of Hormuz, it was open before the war. The US Is trying to get a negotiation done to control Iran's nuclear program was controlled under the Obama administration until President Trump tore up a diplomatic deal. And many of us told him at the time, if you make diplomacy impossible, you will make war inevitable. And so now US Troops are dying, others are being injured, civilians are being injured.” (00:46–00:53)

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