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Susan Rice: “I think we need to be prepared for that possibility. And as I say, it's no certainty, but what's happened in the last…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2020
I think we need to be prepared for that possibility. And as I say, it's no certainty, but what's happened in the last several days and even frankly in the last several months, has led us on a course of increasing escalation that I'm quite concerned about.
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Susan Rice
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Susan Rice discusses the potential for war with Iran and the escalating tensions in the region.

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