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Rep. Don Bacon says Trump was "setting maybe false expectations" in initial days of Iran war
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8:19Now PlayingRepublican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who is not running for reelection, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that President Trump's comments about gas prices amid the Iran war are "honest," and that the president was "setting maybe false expectations in the previous months, during the initial parts of this campaign with Iran."
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