00:01The latest news out of Iran is that the air defenses have been activated in several cities,
00:06including Isfahan, and that explosions have been heard in Isfahan.
00:09Who is bombing Iran right now?
00:12Were those reports just as of a few minutes ago?
00:14Yeah.
00:15Okay. So obviously I'll have to go back and check with the national security team.
00:18I'm standing out here with all of you.
00:20But I will do that, and we will get you an answer, okay?
00:22And just on the civilization question that we've been talking about.
00:26And I would just add to that point, again, I haven't seen these reports.
00:29I'm not verifying them.
00:30Not that I don't trust you, Trevor, but I want to go back and check with the experts here at
00:33the White House.
00:34I would just say, and I would echo what the Vice President said this morning,
00:37this is a fragile truce. Ceasefires are fragile by nature.
00:41We've seen this with respect to the 12-day war with Iran and Israel last year.
00:45It takes time sometimes for these ceasefires to be fully effectuated.
00:49And one of the results of Operation Epic Fury was we completely dismantled Iran's command and control center,
00:55which makes it difficult for them to pass messages up and down the chain.
00:59And so we understand that.
01:01I would caution a little bit of patience, but of course we want to see the ceasefire effectuated
01:06and abided by by all parties as quickly as possible.
01:09And the American presidential administrations, going back to Ronald Reagan,
01:13have said this formulation about nuclear war, that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.
01:18Is that still the view of this administration, given the President's comments about civilization?
01:23I have no change in our view on that policy.
01:25Katie.
01:26Thanks, Caroline.
01:27I'm just, given the gravity of what he said yesterday,
01:31what was your understanding of what he meant when he said,
01:35I'm, this, civilization is going to be eliminated?
01:38I think it was a very, very strong threat from the President of the United States
01:41that led the Iranian regime to cave to their knees and ask for a ceasefire
01:46and agree to reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
01:49So it was a very strong threat that led to results.
01:51And as the Secretary of War stated at the Pentagon this morning,
01:55it was not an empty threat by any means.
01:58The Pentagon had a target list that they were ready to hit go on at 8 p.m. last night
02:04if the Iranian regime had not agreed to open the Strait, which they did.
02:07And I think that's something we should all be grateful for.
02:09The Press of the United States as a moral leader in the world, given that he is...
02:12I was asked this exact same question by your colleague, Andrew, in the back.
02:15And I think, again, the insinuation by anyone in this room
02:18that Iran somehow has the moral high ground over the United States of America
02:22is insulting, considering the atrocities that they have...
02:26Considering the atrocities that they have committed against our people
02:29and our military over the past five decades.
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