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On the recordDecember 13, 2017
Would it be a positive development for the Middle East for Iran to develop nuclear weapons in 8 to 13 years?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton questions the implications of Iran developing nuclear weapons.

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