Senators At Odds After Iran Briefing

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Emerging from a highly anticipated classified briefing on Thursday, Democratic and Republican senators were not in agreement over exactly how much US strikes on Iran set back that country’s nuclear program. Many Republicans said that they believe it will now take Iran years longer to build a nuclear weapon, though some acknowledged the threat is not completely neutralized. But Democrats said the picture is far less clear – and one said the US strikes set Iran back only by months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.1	as a surprise all this tonight on Laura Coates live well it's the same strike, but two very different stories.
1:14.1	Tonight, senators got briefed on the U.S. attack against Iran,
1:18.0	and the takeaway, well, depends entirely on who you ask.
1:21.8	Republicans say it was a home run, a home run against Iran's nuclear program.
1:28.0	I believe that this mission was a tremendous success and that we have effectively
1:33.9	destroyed Iran's nuclear program. They blew these places up in a major league way. Major
1:40.5	League setback years, not months. Obliterated is a good word for me to use.
1:47.7	Now, Democrats say the White House is overselling it.
1:53.1	To me, it still appears that we have only set back the Iranian nuclear program by a handful of months.
2:00.3	I just do not think the president was
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