We're going to have a briefing Tuesday, Margaret, and I'll learn more then. But what I do know, I also have a lot of Virginians deployed in the Middle East. There are about 40,000 U.S. troops deployed all over the Middle east, sailors on Navy ships in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, folks in land bases in Syria and Iraq. And yes, this action dramatically raises the risk to them. And the question is for what? If the Iranian nuclear program, Vice President Vance says it's a war against their nuclear program. (04:19–04:31)
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