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Chris Murphy: “If you have given up all your leverage just to open the strait, you have nothing left to try to get them to come to the…”

On the recordJune 18, 2026
If you have given up all your leverage just to open the strait, you have nothing left to try to get them to come to the table on their nuclear program.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Critiquing the terms of the Iran deal.

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