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Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Face the Nation on the Radio 1/12

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

CBS News

News, Politics

3.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Following the air strike in Iran that killed General Qassem Soleimani, and the unintentional downing of a Ukrainian plane, tensions continue to rise in Iran. Plus -- we get insight from Capitol Hill on checking President Trump's war powers. An analysis of these stories and more on this week's "Face the Nation."


Transcript

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I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington, and this week on Face the Nation, the critical standoff between the US and Iran

0:44.5

de-escalates but the conflict takes a tragic turn and now there's a new crisis

0:50.0

as Iran admits to erroneously shooting down a passenger aircraft killing 176.

0:56.0

We'll have the latest.

0:58.0

And here in the US, some in Congress are demanding answers as to why the administration continues to send mixed messages

1:05.4

about the quote imminent threat used to justify the strike in the first place.

1:10.6

On Saturday the Iranian government acknowledged what they've been denying for days

1:15.6

that following retaliatory missile strikes on US installations in Iraq

1:20.3

they'd unintentionally shot down Ukrainian passenger jet mistaking it for an incoming

1:26.2

missile. A high-ranking Iranian official was quick to point to U.S provocation as partially

1:31.8

to blame. us remain at an impasse over the role of US forces in Iraq,

1:43.4

we'll talk to Secretary of Defense Mark Sper.

1:46.4

We did it because they were looking to blow up our embassy.

1:49.8

We'll also ask him about the intelligence behind the killing of

1:53.0

solomani. The administration's handling of the crisis is causing

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