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KAINE: "The president and the team, by every indication I have, the administration‘s team was really begging the prime minister not to do this until the diplomatic discussions were done. Again, diplomacy may not work, discussions may not lead to a productive outcome. But why torch diplomacy before it‘s been allowed to succeed? I think we learned at our peril. We had a diplomatic deal with Iran that was controlling their nuclear enrichment and that subjected them to the most searching inspection regime in the world. I think President Trump made a huge mistake in tearing that up and giving Iran the green light to more and more enrichment. We‘re living through that now. But it‘s never too late to look for diplomatic options. And I praise the Trump Administration for doing it. Those discussions Sunday were going to be very high stakes. I‘m frankly shocked that the Israeli prime minister would decide that he couldn‘t wait 3 or 4 days, and he wanted to torch diplomacy before it occurred."