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Tom Cotton: The Middle East is a place of many dangerous and complex questions, and the answer in whole or in part to virtually…

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
The Middle East is a place of many dangerous and complex questions, and the answer in whole or in part to virtually every one of those questions is Iran.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton emphasizes Iran's central role in Middle Eastern issues.

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