'Hannity' panel debates next steps in dealing with Iran

WE CAN'T THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED ENOUGH AND WE THANK YOU TO IMPLEMENT ALSO. MANY LAWMAKERS ACROSS CAPITOL HILL ARE PRAISING THE PRESIDENT'S MEASURED RESPONSE. I APPRECIATE PRESIDENTS DESIRE TO BE MEASURED AND THOUGHTFUL. MIKE FLORIDA, AND MICHAEL WALTZ, WHO IS ALSO FROM FLORIDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING. THE VANTAGE POINTS ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT ONE IN ADDITION TO ARMED SERVICES. THERE IS AN IMPORTANT DATE WHICH IS JULY 8TH WHICH IS THE DEADLINE THAT IRAN HAS PUT OUT, THEY PICKED A NUMBER, THEREFORE YOU'RE UP TO HELP GET OUT OF THE AS IRANIAN SANCTIONS THAT ARE CRIPPLING THEIR ECONOMY. GIVE US YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN IRAN AND THE PRESSURE THEY ARE FEELING FROM ECONOMIC SECTION MICAH SANCTIONS. >> SECRETARY POMPEO HAS DESCRIBED HIS MAXIMUM PRESSURE CAMPAIGN WISHES TO BRING IRAN BACK TO THE TABLE TO RENEGOTIATE THE JCPOA, THE NUCLEAR DEAL. THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION STEPPED OUT OF. OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL IS THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A NUCLEAR IRAN. UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STEEL NEEDS TO BE NEGOTIATED. WHAT'S INTERESTING AND CAPITOL HILL, THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SHOW RESTRAINT AND SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING DEBATE HAPPENING IN CONGRESS, WATCHING THE PRESIDENT AS THE DEMOCRATS CLAIM HE IS TRYING TO TAKE US TO WAR. HE'S SHOWING RESTRAINT AND TRYING TO TAKE US TO THE BARGAINING TABLE. BE ONE CONGRESSMAN WALTZ, YOU ARE A FRESHMAN THERE BUT YOUR MILITARY SERVICE GIVES YOU AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE. FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT CONGRESSMAN TURNER WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE? WHAT ARE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE TALKING ABOUT ON CAPITOL HILL? >> I'VE OPERATED AGAINST THE IRANIANS ON THE GROUND AND DEALT WITH THEM FROM PREVIOUS SERVICE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND I CAN TELL YOU THE UNDERLYING PREMISE HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO AGREE O ON. WHETHER IT'S ISIS IN IRAQ, IRANIAN BACKED TERRORISTS, WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ABROAD IN PLACES LIKE DAMASCUS, TEHRAN AND KABUL, OR IT WILL FOLLOW US HOME. WE HAVE TO STAY ON OFFENSE AND WHILE I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT TO THE PRESIDENTS RIGHT AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, WHAT ALL THREE OF US HAVE FOUGHT FOR ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, HIS RIGHT TO GIVE THESE GREEN LIGHT, GO AND NO-GO DECISIONS, WE DO HAVE TO RESPOND. IT'S DETERRED BY STRENGTH, AND THE PRESIDENT I FULLY SUPPORT IN KEEPING THE MAXIMUM PRESSURE CAMPAIGN GOING. I THINK HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR, HE'S GOING TO DRIVE IT BACK TO THE TABLE BUT GET A BETTER DEAL IN THE LONG RUN. AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. >> Jason: CONGRESSMAN GAETZ, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AND SEEING FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE? NOT EVERYBODY THINKS LIKE WHAT CONGRESSMAN WALZ AND TURNER JUST ARTICULATED. >> I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR MY FELLOW FLORIDIAN COME MICHAEL WALTZ. BUT I THINK WHAT'S NAIVE, WHAT ENGAGING IN UNFOCUSED, UNCONSTITUTIONAL REGIME CHANGE WARS IS EFFECTIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR BACK HOME. YOU LOOK AT AFGHANISTAN, WE ARE DOWN FROM HAVING THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING 72% OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS 256% OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. YOU LOOK AT THE $6 TRILLION THAT YOU SPEND IN THE REGION AND YOU THINK THAT'S LARGER THAN THE MARKET CAP OF FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, AND AMAZON COMBINED. I THINK AN AMERICAN FIRST FOREIGN POLICY ADVANCED BY THE PRESIDENT IS ONE THAT WOULD PRIORITIZE GETTING THE GULF CARTEL OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES BEFORE WE DECIDE THAT WE WILL BE THE POLICEMAN OF THE GULF OF OMAN. IF YOU HAVE JAPAN AND NORWAY NOT SEEKING WORK FOR VESSELS OWNED BY FOLKS IN THEIR COUNTRIES BEING ATTACKED, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE JOB OF THE UNITED STATES TO AVENGE FOREIGN VESSELS OR ROBOTS, WITH PATRIOTS. >> I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD NECESSARILY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING CONGRESSMAN GAETZ JUST SAID, WHAT DO YOU? >> I THINK JASON WHEN WE HAVE THIS DEBATE, ENEMY SELF SELECT AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO IS HAVE THE STRONG MILITARY AND A PRESIDENT THAT IS NOT RESTRAINED AND ABLE TO TAKE ACTION. THE DEBATE UNFORTUNATELY IN THE HOUSE OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AND THE LAST TWO WEEKS THE DEMOCRAT VOTED TO REPEAL THE 2001 AUTHORIZATION OF THE USE OF FORCE THAT WAS PASSED AFTER 9/11 THAT ALLOWED US TO GO AFTER AL QAEDA AND ISIS AND JUST LAST WEEK THERE WAS DEBATE ABOUT RESTRICTING THE PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO IRAN WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM RESPONDING EVEN IF IRAN ATTACKED ISRAEL. WE RECOGNIZE THAT ENEMIES SELF-SELECTED AND HAVE A STRONG MILITARY TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. >> Jason: IS A PRESIDENT DOING WHAT HE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE? IS THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR? >> ALL THREE OF US ABSOLUTELY AGREE, MAINTAINING OPTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND NOT ALLOWING THE PRESIDENT TO TIE HIS HANDS FOR POLITICAL REASONS. HE IS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, CONGRESS DOES HAVE A ROLE IN LINE WITH THE WAR POWERS ACT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND IN RESPONSE TO MY GOOD FRIEND REPRESENTATIVE GATES, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE TO FIGHT THIS ABROAD. I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT THIS IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN HALF THE WORLD TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS EXIST IN AFGHANISTAN, WHEN ISIS IS SENDING AND RECOGNIZING REFUGEES INTO EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES, AND WHEN IRAN IS OPENLY SEEKING TO ATTACK ISRAEL AND TO BUILD A NUCLEAR WEAPON TO ATTACK ALL OF IT, IT'S ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CAN LEAD. AND WHENEVER WE WITHDRAW LIKE OBAMA DID OUT OF IRAQ, AND LIKE OBAMA DID TRIED TO DO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, BAD THINGS HAPPEN. IF WE DON'T LEAD THEN WE LEAVE THE WORLD OPEN TO CHINA AND RUSSIA AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE HAVE HALF A MILLION TROOPS ON THE GROUND, THERE IS LOT OF SPACE BETWEEN KUMBAYA WORLD PEACE AND A MILLION SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTING RIGHT NOW. >> Jason: SO IS DONALD TRUMP, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DOING THE RIGHT THING OR DO YOU THINK HE'S TAKING THIS STEP ALONG THE WAY? >> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN MINDFUL AND EFFECTIVE. THE ONLY REASON THESE STRIKES DIDN'T OCCUR IS THAT THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. PRESIDENT TRUMP UNDERSTANDS WE GET PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH BUT WE CAN ALSO ACHIEVE STRENGTH THROUGH RESTRAINT. I DON'T GET IT. THE MIDDLE EAST REPRESENTS 3.5% OF GLOBAL GDP AND WE ARE OBSESSED WITH THIS AREA OF THE WORLD. CHINA REPRESENTS 15% OF GLOBAL GDP AND THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR EMPIRE WITHOUT FIRING A SINGLE SHOT. I THINK WE DO NEED TO REFORM THE 2001 AUTHORIZATION TO USE MILITARY FORCE BECAUSE IF BRAVE PATRIOTS ARE WILLING TO GO FIGHT AND DIE IN THESE WARS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OUGHT TO HAVE THE GUTS TO VOTE FOR THEM OR AGAINST THEM AND MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION AND THE APPLICATION OF MILITARY FORCE. BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS SHOWN HIS MINDFUL AND EFFECTIVE. >> Jason: THE DEBATE WILL CONTINUE BUT I THINK IT'S NAIVE TO SAY CHINA NEVER FIRED A SHOT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS VISIT WITH THE VIETNAMESE AND OTHERS AS I HAVE DONE IN CONGRESS. BUT IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, -- WITH ALL DUE RESPECT IF YOU LOOK HARDER AT WHAT THE CHINESE ARE DOING, -- >> . I DO THINK THAT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THIS IS, IF PROVOKED, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS CLEAR AUTHORITY, IF THERE'S CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION HE NEEDS TO. IF HE'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME MORE THAN HE SHOULD GO TO CONGRESS AND SHOULD GET THAT

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