Surveillance: Iran Has Capable Cruise Missiles, Stavridis Says
Bloomberg Surveillance
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🗓️ 3 January 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg State Department Reporter, brings us an update on President Trump's strategy in the Middle East. Amrita Sen, Energy Aspects Chief Oil Analyst, says there will be a lot of pressure on Iraq to push out pro-U.S. forces. Marc Champion, Bloomberg News Senior Reporter for International Affairs, discusses Iran's sphere of influence. Admiral James Stavridis, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist & Former NATO Alliance Supreme Allied Commander, says the U.S. military is prepared for Iran's response. Mark Kimmitt, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, says President Trump is taking a risk with this latest foreign policy move. And Margaret Brennan, CBS Face the Nation Host, says the silence from the U.S. State Department was "deafening" last night.
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| 0:44.0 | Tensions escalating in the Middle East after President Donald Trump ordered an |
| 0:47.3 | air strike in Iraq killing one of Iran's most powerful generals, |
| 0:50.0 | the US Defense Department writing in a statement at the direction of the President |
| 0:54.1 | the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel |
| 0:57.9 | abroad by killing Kasem Sulemani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| 1:02.2 | Cauds Force, a US designated foreign terrorist |
| 1:05.2 | organization. |
| 1:06.2 | Iran's Supreme Leader swiftly responding, writing the following, a severe retaliation awaits |
| 1:11.4 | murderers who have the blood of Silimani and that of other martyrs |
| 1:15.0 | on their wicked hands from last night's incident. |
| 1:17.8 | We are pleased to join us by Nick Wadham's Bloomberg State Department reporter. |
| 1:22.1 | He joins us on the phone. |
| 1:23.4 | Nick, my first question is decisive action from this administration action |
| 1:27.7 | that President George W Bush and Barack Obama did not take. |
| 1:30.9 | Why has this administration chosen to do so? |
| 1:34.0 | Well, President Donald Trump has always said that he would do what was necessary |
| 1:40.4 | and respond with the greatest force possible and the most force |
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