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Chris Murphy: All of this was predictable. I've listened to my hardline colleagues argue that the only way to stop Iran from getting a…

On the recordJune 18, 2026
All of this was predictable. I've listened to my hardline colleagues argue that the only way to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, or to destroy their missiles, or to stop their support for terrorism, is to go to war with Iran.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senate floor speech on the Iran war agreement.

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