Tom Cole: “Iran's a vast space. It's bigger than the state of Alaska…”

“So while it's intense and dangerous, we know the number of missile launches by the Iranians are down 90%. We know drone strikes are down the 80s. But we also know we have a lot of work to do. Iran's a vast space. It's bigger than the state of Alaska, 93 million people. So this is a very considerable, you know, opponent to deal with. So we'll wait. The administration will submit us proposal. We've had honestly classified discussions back and forth, but we haven't seen the final numbers.” (01:10–01:16)

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