00:00We all understood there was clearly an imminent threat that Iran was very close to the enrichment of nuclear capability
00:07and they were building missiles at a pace that no one in the region could keep up with.
00:11They were far outpacing our allies and friends and us in our defense capability because we had personnel installations, members
00:22of the armed services and civilians in the region.
00:24Iran was building up ballistic missiles at such a rapid pace and we knew that their plan was to fire
00:30them upon Americans.
00:32The commander in chief and his administration had a very difficult decision to make.
00:36I don't know where Joe Kent is getting his information but he wasn't in those briefings clearly because the secretary
00:41of state, the secretary of war and everyone, the joint chiefs of staff, General Cain, they had exquisite intelligence that
00:48we understood that this was a serious moment for us.
00:52Had the president waited, I am personally convinced that we would have mass casualties of Americans, service members and others
00:59and our installations would have been dramatically damaged.
01:03And so we had to, the president felt that he had to strike first to prevent those mass casualties.
01:10That's the summary.
01:10I can't tell you the classified part, but that's the summary that's made public and it's accurate.
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