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Speaker 1: President Donald Trump has just addressed not only his nation

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Speaker 1: and the world, but the people of Iran, essentially making

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Speaker 1: the case for war.

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Speaker 2: Take a look.

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Speaker 1: A short time ago. A short time ago, the United

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Speaker 1: States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective

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Speaker 1: is to defend the American people by eliminating eminent threats

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Speaker 1: from the Iranian regime, a vicious.

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Speaker 2: Group of very hard, terrible people.

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Speaker 1: It's menacing activities directly in danger the United States, our troops,

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Speaker 1: our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world. For

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Speaker 1: forty seven years, the Iranian regime has chanted death to

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Speaker 1: America and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder,

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Speaker 1: targeting of the United States, our troops, and the innocent

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Speaker 1: people in many, many countries. Among the regime's very first

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Speaker 1: acts was to back a violent takeover of the US

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Speaker 1: embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for four

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Speaker 1: hundred and forty four days.

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Speaker 2: In nineteen eighty three.

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Speaker 1: Irans proxies carried out the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut

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Speaker 1: that killed two hundred and forty one American military personnel.

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Speaker 1: In two thousand, they knew and were probably involved with

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Speaker 1: the attack on the USS.

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Speaker 2: Coal many died.

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Speaker 1: Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members

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Speaker 1: in Iraq. The regime's proxies have continued to launch countless

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Speaker 1: attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in

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Speaker 1: recent years, as well as US naval and commercial vessels

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Speaker 1: and international shipping lands. It's been mass terra and We're

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Speaker 1: not going to put up with it any longer. From

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Speaker 1: Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained,

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Speaker 1: and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with

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Speaker 1: blood and guts. And it was Iran's proxy Hamas that

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Speaker 1: launched the monstrous October seventh attacks on Israel, slaughtering more

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Speaker 1: than one thousand innocent people, including forty six Americans, while

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Speaker 1: taking twelve of our citizens hostage. It was brutal, something

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Speaker 1: like the world has never seen before.

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Speaker 2: Iran is the world's number one.

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Speaker 1: State sponsor of terror and just recently killed tens of

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Speaker 1: thousands of its own citizens on the street.

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Speaker 2: As they protested.

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Speaker 1: It has always been the policy of the United States,

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Speaker 1: in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never

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Speaker 1: have a nuclear weapon. I'll say it again, and they

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Speaker 1: can never have a nuclear weapon. That is why, in

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Speaker 1: Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we obliterated the regime's nuclear

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Speaker 1: program at Fordeaux.

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Speaker 2: Natanse and Isfahan.

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Speaker 1: After that attack, we warned them never to resume their

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Speaker 1: malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to

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Speaker 1: make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it,

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Speaker 1: They didn't want to do it again. They wanted to

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Speaker 1: do it. They didn't want to do it. They didn't

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Speaker 1: know what was happening. They just wanted to practice evil.

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Speaker 1: But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades.

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Speaker 1: They rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and

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Speaker 1: we can't take it anymore. Instead, they attempted to rebuild

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Speaker 1: their nuclear program and to continue developing long rage missiles

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Speaker 1: that can now threaten our very good friends and allies

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Speaker 1: in Europe. Are troops stationed overseas and could soon reach

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Speaker 1: the American homeland. Just imagine how emboldened this regime would

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Speaker 1: be if they ever had and actually were armed with

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Speaker 1: nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message. For

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Speaker 1: these reasons, the United States military has undertaking a massive

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Speaker 1: and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked radical dictatorship

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Speaker 1: from threatening America and our core national security interests. We

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Speaker 1: are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile

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Speaker 1: industry to the ground. It will be totally again obliterated.

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Speaker 1: We're going to annihilate their navy. We are going to

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Speaker 1: ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize

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Speaker 1: the region or the world and attack Our forces. Are

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Speaker 1: no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs as they

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Speaker 1: are sometimes called to so gravely wound and kill thousands

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Speaker 1: and thousands of people, including many Americans. And we will

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Speaker 1: ensure that Randa is not obtained a nuclear weapon. It's

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Speaker 1: a very simple message. They will never have a nuclear weapon.

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Speaker 1: This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge

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Speaker 1: the strength and might of the United States Armed forces.

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Speaker 1: I built and rebuilt our military in my first administration,

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Speaker 1: and there is no military on Earth even close to

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Speaker 1: its power, strength, or sophistication. My administration has taken every

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Speaker 1: possible step to minimize the risks to US personnel in

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Speaker 1: the region. Even so, and I do not make this

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Speaker 1: statement lightly, The Iranian regime seeks to kill the lives

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Speaker 1: of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may

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Speaker 1: have casualties that often happens in war, but we're doing

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Speaker 1: this not for now. We're doing this for the future,

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Speaker 1: and it is a noble mission. We pray for every

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Speaker 1: service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure

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Speaker 1: that Americans and our children will never be threatened by

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Speaker 1: a nuclear armed Iran. We ask God to protect all

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Speaker 1: of our heroes in harm's way, and we trust that

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Speaker 1: with his help, the men and women of the Armed

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Speaker 1: Forces will prevail. We have the greatest in the world,

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Speaker 1: and they will prevail. To the members of the Islamic

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Speaker 1: Revolutionary Guard, the Armed Forces, and all of the police,

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Speaker 1: I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons

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Speaker 1: and have complete immunity, or in the alternative.

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Speaker 2: Face certain death.

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Speaker 1: So lay down your arm You will be treated fairly

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Speaker 1: with total immunity, or you will face certain death. Finally,

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Speaker 1: to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight

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Speaker 1: that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered,

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Speaker 1: don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will

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Speaker 1: be dropping everywhere. When we are finished take over your government,

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Speaker 1: it will be yours to take this will be probably

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Speaker 1: your only chance for generations. For many years you have

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Speaker 1: asked for America's help, but you never got it. No

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Speaker 1: president was willing to do what I am willing to

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Speaker 1: do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving

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Speaker 1: you what you want. So let's see how you respond.

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Speaker 1: America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force.

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Speaker 1: Now is the time to seize control of your destiny

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Speaker 1: and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is

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Speaker 1: close with it you reach.

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Speaker 2: This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass.

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Speaker 1: May God bless the brave men and women of America's

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Speaker 1: Armed forces. May God bless the United States of America.

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Speaker 2: May God bless you all. Thank you