@cspanofficial: Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended letting Iran keep its large arsenal of ballistic missiles as part of the preliminary deal, saying it was impossible to tell any country they were not allowed to maintain their right to self-defense. "Countries don't give up the right of self-defense. Israel doesn't give up the right of self-defense if Hezbollah fires rockets or drones at Israel. The Iranians don't give up their right of self-defense in their country," he said at a briefing. "But we do expect that as part of the final deal they are not going to be able to build the kind of missiles that can broadly threaten the entire world." U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said at the start of the war that eliminating Iran's ballistic missile program was a key objective. "You can't tell a country, whether Israel or Iran, that they're not allowed to have any self-defense," the vice president said. #jdvance #vance #iranwar #cspan
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Thursday 18 June 2026 16:09:59 GMT
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MoralOral :
Iran never mad global ballistics capacity. The threat was ONLY to Israel. That’s not changing before or after this deal. And the president 100% said they wouldn’t have ANY ballistic capacity. They also have control over the straight which they NEVER had.
2026-06-18 18:09:49
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PJ the blkbear :
🥺 B.S. Vance 😂
2026-06-18 18:25:46
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Edwin :
so...no ,you cant.ok
2026-06-18 18:41:47
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Andy Vido :
2026-06-18 17:42:34
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Connie Eugene :
This is pretty wild. Makes me think about how important allies are in tough times. I wonder what keeps those relationships strong over the long haul
2026-06-18 21:01:20
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🩷Ankita🩷 :
2026-06-19 01:10:59
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official.romeo0046 :
2026-06-18 16:11:05
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forwhatwhy :
yall need to ask him if he said he was sorry
2026-06-18 16:39:37
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Chaddo :
JD👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
2026-06-18 17:06:58
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RJWahl :
Trump surrendered America to Iran. WTF
2026-06-18 17:36:33
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Shannon Cary823 :
Countries have definitely given up their right to self defense after they lost a war. The Iranians didn’t lose this war
2026-06-18 16:52:42
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user578944325643 :
he could read the phone book and it would sound condescending
2026-06-18 16:25:13
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🦋 I’m not from here!! 🦋 :
So basically, he said a whole bunch of shit salad💙
2026-06-18 20:58:01
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CdM Valley Girl :
He’s so bad at this!
2026-06-19 00:42:21
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Chuck :
Iran isn’t giving up anything, we are.
2026-06-18 17:41:47
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Sageadvice7 :
Clearly JD does not understand history or what happened to Germany after WWII
2026-06-19 05:03:24
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OneEye :
The regime is an absolute incompetent travesty.
2026-06-18 16:53:53
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gotellthenurse67 :
Thank you for mansplaining a missile. 🙄🙄🙄
2026-06-18 16:56:08
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Meat :
THE SHARTMAKER AND CHIEF!!! Just keeps winning!!!! 🤔🤔😳😳🥺🥺
2026-06-18 17:46:16
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TurdFerguson :
This guy spends 2/3rds of his time apologizing for Trump and trying to back pedal lol
2026-06-18 17:59:34
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popaul774 :
Complete and Total BS. What a disaster!🫤
2026-06-19 01:44:09
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Lisa :
We know this is your fault JD Vance
2026-06-18 22:55:10
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Sageadvice7 :
Dumbest administration ever 😂
2026-06-19 05:03:48
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cleveland smith290 :
why did you Go to war with them
2026-06-18 16:47:38
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