Maria Bartiromo Questions How Iran’s ‘Obliterated’ Military Could Launch Strikes Against US Forces
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo pressed former Trump administration official Victoria Coates on Sunday over how Iran was able to launch a fatal strike against American forces.
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About Victoria Coates
Victoria Curtin Gardner Coates is an American conservative political advisor. She served as senior advisor to the Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette in 2020 and was later appointed to run the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. She served on the United States National Security Council, originally as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Assessments before being promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor upon the nomination of Robert C. O'Brien. She is vice president of the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.
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