The following is a transcript of an interview with GOP vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, Republican of Ohio, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Oct. 27, 2024.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, thank you for making time for us. The last time we spoke, Iran had just launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel, and this Friday, Israel did retaliate against Iran. At the debate, I asked you about your position, and you said it’s up to Israel to do whatever it is they think they need to do. The thing is is that doesn’t address the question of the safety of U.S. military personnel in the region, right now about 43,000 of them. It doesn’t address the question of whether the United States, as the largest weapons supplier, should have a say, as they do under U.S. law, as to how those weapons are used. In a Trump-Vance administration, would you keep the troops we have in the Middle East, or would you pull them out, as President Trump tried to do in his first administration?