During a 2007 Democratic presidential debate, Mike Gravel confronted then-Sen. Barack Obama by asking, 'Tell me, Barack, who do you want to nuke?' regarding using nuclear weapons against Iran.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including NPR, CBS News, ABC News contemporaneous reporting, and a direct debate transcript matching the quoted exchange. [tier=silver indep_score=0.85 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91 (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.npr.org/2021/06/27/1010702706/mike-gravel-former-alaska-senator-and-anti-war-advocate-dies-at-age-91 (corroboration)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-gravel-dies-former-senator-alaska-presidential-candidate/ (corroboration)
- https://ontheissues.org/Archive/2007_Dem_primary_SC_Mike_Gravel.htm (corroboration)
- https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3060812&page=1 (corroboration)
- https://jacobin.com/2021/06/mike-gravel-obituary-alaska-senator-1930-2021 (corroboration)