President Trump said the ongoing strikes on Iran are the best chance to strike at its nuclear weapons program. But that's the same program he said, not long ago, was completely obliterated.
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Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti.