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Tom Cotton: Why, after all, are we negotiating with the Islamic Revolution over their nuclear weapons program, but for the…

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
Why, after all, are we negotiating with the Islamic Revolution over their nuclear weapons program, but for the President's quest to harpoon the great white whale of a nuclear agreement with Iran?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton questions the rationale behind negotiating with Iran on nuclear weapons.

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