I just want to say that I sit on two committees, the Armed Services Committee and also the Small Business Committee. And when I think about the fact that 2 weeks ago the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was visiting the nation of Cuba. So for me, this is an economic issue. It is an economic security issue, and it is also a national security issue.
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West links Ahmadinejad's visit to Cuba with economic and national security concerns.
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