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Tim Kaine: “The Iranian program was under control when Donald Trump tore…”

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 08:15

But I'm going to tell you what has widely been publicly reported and what President Trump's national security adviser has said recently. And this has been pretty consistent reporting, major, for years now. First, The Iranian program was under control when Donald Trump tore up the deal. We all predicted Iran would then begin to build more centrifuges and enrich more uranium, which they have done. (08:15–08:22)

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Asserts that Iran's nuclear program was under control before the U.S. withdrew from the nuclear deal.

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