00:00You said on Monday, talking about the start of this war, you said that Israel was determined to act in
00:06their own defense here, with or without American support.
00:08You also said that Israel fired upon Iran. They have immediately retaliated against us, personnel and assets.
00:15But the president said yesterday that it was him, it was the United States that might have forced Israel's hand.
00:20So why are you and the president not on the same page?
00:24We're on the same page. I'm not at liberty to say publicly much of the classified information that I get
00:30in all these briefings, and that's always the delicate part of this,
00:33because if we say too much, then it reveals methods and sources, and it eliminates the ability of our extraordinary
00:41military and intelligence community to do what they do.
00:44The president has explained his analysis and his thought. Obviously, Israel is a close ally. They're in close communication.
00:53But everything I've said and everything he said is all true. They're not inconsistent in any way.
00:58Israel saw Iran as an existential threat. We should have seen them as well.
01:04But they were literally, hold on, they were literally a neighbor.
01:07So if Iran said publicly, they all told us why, okay?
01:11If they had the ability, they would wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
01:14That is why they were trying to enrich uranium.
01:17And even though we took out the nuclear facilities several months ago, they were still working on their nuclear ambition,
01:23even through the negotiations, as I said.
01:25And...
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