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On the recordOctober 10, 2017
It is abundantly clear that at this point this fanciful notion that if only we come to a nuclear agreement with Iran first, then Iran would be willing to engage on the rest of its illicit activity has proven to be just that, fanciful.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen criticizes the belief that a nuclear deal would lead to broader cooperation from Iran.

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