Sen. Warner Says Congress Needs Answers After US Bombs Iran

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

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The United States is going to war in the Middle East again… maybe. President Donald Trump announced Saturday the U.S. had bombed three of Iran’s main nuclear facilities, adding, “NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!” But while multiple members of the administration spent Sunday insisting the U.S. is not out for regime change, Trump later undermined them in another Truth Social post floating the idea. The extent of the damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear capabilities also remains unclear, after Israeli and U.S. officials walked back the president’s claim Saturday that the U.S. had ‘totally obliterated’ the country’s enrichment facilities. Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, talks about what’s next for Congress and the U.S. And in headlines: Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Khalil was released from federal immigration custody, an appeals court sided with the White House over the deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, and Harvard and the Trump administration are reportedly trying to work out their many differences.

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0:00.0	It's Monday, June 23rd. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day, the show that says,
0:07.1	Break Out Your System of a Down albums and juicy couture sweatpants. It's the early 2000s, and we're doing
0:12.2	regime change in the Middle East again.
0:19.9	On today's show, a federal appeals court sides of the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.
0:26.7	And Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is released from federal detention.
0:31.2	But first, let's talk about the United States going to war in the Middle East.
0:35.8	Again, maybe.
0:39.5	On Saturday night, Americans learned via social media, in this case, truth social, that the United States had bombed three
0:44.5	Iranian nuclear facilities. President Donald Trump posted, quote, congratulations to our great American
0:50.1	warriors. There is not another military in the world that could have done this. Now is the time for
0:55.2	peace. He also spoke in a televised address later that evening. Our objective was the destruction of
1:01.3	Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world's number
1:08.9	one state sponsor of terror. Tonight I can report to the world
1:12.9	that the strikes were a spectacular military success. The massive strikes, dubbed Operation Midnight
1:21.6	Hammer, included the use of seven B-2 bombers carrying massive ordinance penetrators, so-called bunker buster bombs,
1:29.0	capable of reaching underground targets, like Iran's uranium enrichment facilities.
1:34.0	The strikes came after Trump's announcement Thursday that he would take two weeks,
1:38.3	you know, that demarcation of time that means nothing to Trump, to decide whether to strike Iran.
1:43.8	Israeli officials have been pushing
1:45.2	for American involvement after launching their own attack on Iran on June 12th. And Israeli Prime Minister
1:50.7	Benjamin Netanyahu was pretty pumped. Congratulations, President Trump. Your bold decision to target
1:57.8	Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States
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