00:00Mr. President, it is my distinct honor to be a member of your cabinet and to report to you and
00:07your team on our negotiations with Iran. Mr. President, you directed Jared and I to pursue
00:14a diplomatic resolution with Iran prior to Operation Epic Fury, which we did. However,
00:22it became quite clear during these meetings with the Iranian negotiating team
00:28that we could not make a deal that fulfilled your objectives of the following.
00:33No enrichment whatsoever. No chance of weaponizing whatsoever.
00:39Decommissioning of Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, which you destroyed in Operation Midnight Hammer.
00:48No stockpiling of any material, which they flagrantly had violated. Turning all enriched
00:55material over to us and a cutback in Iran's missile inventory and range capability of those same
01:02missiles. Throughout our meetings with the Iranians, we heard the following from them.
01:09The Iranians have the inalienable right to enrich. Then we heard they possessed enough 60% enriched
01:17material, 460 kilograms, to make 11 atomic bombs. Finally, we heard the following statement.
01:26They would not give up diplomatically what we could not win militarily. In other words,
01:34they were again miscalculating the success of Midnight Hammer, which was a total success.
01:39These are incontrovertible signs, among many other signs, sir,
01:48that their regime had not given their negotiating team authority to make a deal required by you.
01:56We conferred with you and all the other members of your foreign policy team,
02:01Susie Wiles, Pete Hegseth, the chairman, Marco Rubio, J.D., Scott Bessent, Chris Wright,
02:10John Radcliffe, throughout all of these negotiations, and we were repeatedly rebuffed on everything we
02:17asked for. I have no doubt that we exhausted all efforts on behalf of a peaceful resolution,
02:23as you directed. Jared and I both agreed that the Iranians were there to buy time until a weaker
02:30president arrived. This was a flawed strategy, as your clear direction was to never allow Iran
02:38to obtain a nuclear weapon today or any time in the future. Against that backdrop and our compelling
02:47military successes in epic fury, we have had multiple reach-outs from the region and others
02:54members who want to play a role in ending this conflict peacefully. I can report to you today
03:01that we have, along with your foreign policy team, presented a 15-point action list that forms the
03:10framework for a peace deal. This has been circulated through the Pakistani government,
03:16acting as the mediator. And this has resulted in strong and positive messaging and talks,
03:24as you just indicated to the press. But these are sensitive diplomatic discussions,
03:29and you have directed us to maintain confidentiality on the specific terms and not negotiate through the
03:37news media, as others do. I can say this. We will see where things lead, and if we can convince
03:45Iran
03:45that this is the inflection point, with no good alternatives for them, other than more death
03:52and destruction. We have strong signs that this is a possibility, and if a deal happens, it will be great
04:00for the country of Iran, for the entire region, and the world at large. Your policy of peace through
04:07strength is the most effective tool for a diplomatic resolution here, just as it was, as this policy was
04:15an effective tool in each and every one of all of the other conflicts you settled in your first year.
04:22Iran is looking for an off ramp following your powerful threat on Saturday. Your indications
04:30that you are willing to listen to peace proposals have been well received. You have instructed us
04:36that your preference is always peace, and that we should make that our priority. We have delivered
04:43that message, sir, along with the 15 points for peace. Finally, we have told Iran one last thing. Don't miscalculate
04:52again.
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