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Jim Himes: “My worry is not that there's going to be a military attack on our naval assets in Bahrain or on our airfield in Qatar.…”

On the recordJune 25, 2025
My worry is not that there's going to be a military attack on our naval assets in Bahrain or on our airfield in Qatar. My worry is that the Iranians....are going to do exactly what North Korea does.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut
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newsweek.com
Jun 25, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Himes expresses concern about Iran potentially developing nuclear weapons in secret, similar to North Korea.

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