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Tim Kaine: “President Trump's own Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Tim Kaine Discusses US-Iran Tensions and War Powers Resolution

Published | Video Starts at 04:25

Our allies all said that it was working. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that it was working. Many in the Israeli intel and military side said that it was working. President Trump's own Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, national security adviser HR McMaster all said stay in the deal. It's not making Iran from a bad guy into a good guy. And Iran is still doing other things that we have to worry about. (04:25–04:37)

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Asserts that key Trump administration officials advised staying in the Iran nuclear deal.

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