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Jim Himes: “I think to fail to respond to an awful Iranian regime, to sort of empower them, to send a message we won't respond if we…”

On the recordJune 19, 2019
I think to fail to respond to an awful Iranian regime, to sort of empower them, to send a message we won't respond if we are hit would be the more dangerous of the two options.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes argues for the necessity of a response to Iranian aggression to avoid empowering them.

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