Tom Cole: “Iran was awfully close to getting nuclear capability.”

“I can't go into great detail because it is a classified brief, but I can tell you several things. Number one, not much question, and both American and Israeli intelligence agree on this, that Iran was awfully close to getting nuclear capability. Number two, not much doubt. The strike was incredibly well planned, well executed. It's just a reminder, obviously, to the entire world about what the capability of the American military is.” (00:42–00:47)

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