Welcome to the McCarthy Report, the podcast where I, Rich Lowry, discuss with Andy McCarthy, the latest legal and national security issues this week.

What else? The war on Iran?

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So Andy, shocker over the weekend or late last week, the 60-day window that Trump had provided to the Iranians to negotiate a deal is enforced by the Israelis, day 61.

They launched this massive campaign with shades of what they did against Hezbollah,

taking out top leaders, taking out scientists, and beginning an ongoing,

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