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Tom Cole: “The Israelis estimate at least seven years in terms of…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Rep. Cole's Weekly Chat | Week of 06.23.25

Published | Video Starts at 01:28

It'll take some time to know how far we set the Iranians back, but certainly Israeli intelligence, and this has been released. So I'm not telling you anything that you shouldn't know. The Israelis estimate at least seven years in terms of destroying infrastructure and capability that they would need. We'll have a more precise estimate over time. It takes time. Obviously, we're trying to evaluate something that occurred in a foreign country where we don't necessarily have people on the ground. (01:28–01:38)

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Asserts that Israeli intelligence estimates a seven-year setback for Iran's nuclear capabilities.

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