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Tom Cotton: If you don't want to be sanctioned by the United States don't engage in trade with a theocratic tyranny.

On the recordMay 21, 2013
If you don't want to be sanctioned by the United States don't engage in trade with a theocratic tyranny.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton emphasizes the consequences of engaging in trade with Iran.

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