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Troy Downing: “The Iranians were close to being able to produce up to 10…”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

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Extended interview with U.S. Rep. Troy Downing

Published | Video Starts at 06:06

It's one of our biggest, most important allies in a part of the world where people hate us. They have a right to exist. And if they had intel and we've had some reports as well that The Iranians were close to being able to produce up to 10 nuclear weapons. And we cannot afford Iran to have nuclear capability. We cannot. And I know they've talked about basically working for putting nuclear power plants in there and doing enrichment programs for, you know, civil projects like that, but they've clearly gone beyond that. (06:06–06:12)

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