Trump admits Iran war played a role in Republicans' midterm defeat
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[0:00] President Trump has agreed the war in
[0:02] Iran had a significant and significantly
[0:05] negative effect on the midterm election
[0:07] results for Republicans, but he defended
[0:09] again said if he had to make the choice
[0:11] he would do so again, all in pursuit of
[0:14] preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear
[0:15] weapon. CBS News national security
[0:18] contributor Sam Vinegrad joins me now.
[0:20] Sam, we've been spending a lot of time
[0:21] in the last couple of weeks on politics,
[0:22] so it's good to have you back on the
[0:24] policy front. So, there are a lot of
[0:26] questions hanging over this. First of
[0:28] all, quite separate from what we're
[0:30] going to do, negotiate or re-engage in
[0:32] air strikes, what is the leadership at
[0:34] the Pentagon going to be? Is Pete Hagsth
[0:35] going to hang on? Could the chairman of
[0:37] the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Could the
[0:39] leading operato