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Tim Kaine: “We had curtailed [the Iranian nuclear program]…”

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

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Senator Tim Kaine Criticizes Trump's Unilateral Strike on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 04:44

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. Of course, We had curtailed [the Iranian nuclear program] diplomatically a few years ago until Donald Trump took tore up the diplomatic deal. But even if you needed to wage war, when the Israeli foreign minister is saying we've set the nuclear program back at least two or three years, why launch this strike? (04:44–04:51)

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Asserts that the Iranian nuclear program was curtailed diplomatically until Trump ended the deal.

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