John Kennedy (Sen-R Louisiana) said the House should have taken up the Russia sanctions bill the Senate passed in August, and that the U.S. has to "choke Putin to death" to force a settlement in Ukraine.
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Kennedy predicted Trump's envoys would leave the Moscow and Kyiv talks without a deal
An explicitly attributed forecast by Kennedy via NBC News; outcome unresolved.
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Kennedy said he doubts the six-month Iran war ends before the midterms
Attributed prediction by Kennedy in the NBC News interview; the war's duration is separately sourced to Wikipedia's 2026 Iran war page.
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The Iran war has been running six months
Embedded in Kennedy's attributed remark; duration corroborated only by Wikipedia's 2026 Iran war and Strait of Hormuz crisis entries.