'I know that better than you': Marco Rubio spars with CBS’ Margaret Brennan in heated exchange
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CBS “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan on Sunday battled Secretary of State Marco Rubio over President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities Saturday, challenging the interim White House national security advisor on the language around Iran’s “weaponization ambitions.”
“Are you saying there that the United States did not see intelligence the the supreme leader had ordered weaponization?” Brennan asked of Rubio’s use of the word "ambitions.
“That’s irrelevant,” Rubio argued.
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“That is the key point in US intelligence assessments,” Brennan shot back. “You know that.”
“No it’s not,” Rubio said.
“Yes it was!” Brennan replied.
“I know that better than you know that and I know that’s not the case,” Rubio quipped, adding, “you don’t know what you’re talking about.”
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“I’m asking you whether the order was given,” Brennan explained.
“It doesn’t matter if the order was given,” Rubio said. “They have everything they need to build nuclear weapons.”
Rubio later took issue with Brennan's line of questioning, arguing, “that’s not how intelligence is read."
“That’s not how intelligence is used," he insisted.
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Clarifying, Brennan said she was “simply asking if we had intelligence that there was an order to weaponize,” noting Rubio was the one who used the term “weaponization ambition.”
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