CNN Claims Strikes Didn’t Completely Destroy Iranian Nuclear Facilities

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🗓️ 26 June 2025

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: 4:05pm- Dr. Victoria Coates—Former Deputy National Security Advisor & the Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show LIVE from Heritage Foundation studios in Washington D.C. Dr. Coates reacts to a CNN report suggesting that the Trump Administration’s targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities only set back Iran several months. The Trump Administration has vociferously denied the claim. During the 2025 NATO Summit, Secretary of State Marco Rubio flatly denied the report—saying the strike resulted in the “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump cited a letter from the Atomic Energy Commission which stated the “enrichment facility” is now “totally inoperable.” Dr. Coates is the author of the book: “The Battle for the Jewish State: How Israel—and America—Can Win.” 4:30pm- Should we be more concerned about artificial intelligence? A new report suggests that AI has learned to “blackmail” its users in order to achieve its goals. A second article suggests reliance on AI could stifle the intellectual growth of children.

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0:00.0	The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr. with Osperity Private Wealth.
0:05.4	Hi, I'm Mike Vaneria Jr., wealth management specialists. Make your retirement dreams a reality by creating your retirement plan today.
0:11.6	Call me at 856-252-0107.
0:15.8	You know, I just heard that disgusting CBS News report about using your phone in the bathroom and how it could
0:22.7	you could spend too much time in there and cause hemorrhoids.
0:26.6	And I mean, you understand why people hate the media, right?
0:30.8	And they hate the news.
0:31.9	And I play it just so that we know what the other side is saying and thinking because millions of people still get their
0:37.8	information that way this is what we talk about from our friends over at the media research center
0:41.2	all the time millions of people still get their their news i know it's shocking from cbs nbc and
0:47.9	a vc in fact we're talking about tens of millions of people and they're not all crazy people they're
0:53.3	they're normal people.
0:55.1	And this is where they get their information from.
0:57.1	So one of the biggest talking points in the corporate legacy mainstream media is that the operation in Iran was not that successful.
1:06.9	Like they're cheering it on.
1:08.3	Like they're cheering on the idea that this was not that big of a
1:11.6	success. And President Trump should not be really taking any credit for this. That's kind of the
1:17.3	big talking point right now. Right. So we'll welcome in Dr. Victoria Coates to chat with us about that and
1:23.6	whether or not that is true. But that's why i play the news so that you can know what
1:29.2	they're saying and then we can have great people who respond to it and then tell us the absolute
1:34.5	truth so as we continue on the show here today it's a real honor to welcome my friend dr victoria
1:40.0	coats hello my friend well thank you for having us I don't know if your mic is hot here.
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