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Joe Lieberman: “I worry... that nations, particularly dictatorial nations, when they are in domestic difficulty... very often look to…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2009
I worry... that nations, particularly dictatorial nations, when they are in domestic difficulty... very often look to generate an international crisis.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Lieberman expresses concern that Iran may create a crisis to unite its people amid domestic troubles.

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