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On the recordAugust 4, 2015
I think ultimately two things would happen: the Iranians would be strengthened and we would be weakened in the long-range struggle that we are in with them.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby discusses the consequences of Congress defeating the Iran deal.

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