As I had mentioned, we had met with President Karzai, as all delegations do when they go over there, and in our delegation we raised the concerns about his neighbor, the Iranian regime, the threat that that poses to our interests in the region.
Ros-Lehtinen discusses concerns about Iran's threat to U.S. interests in Afghanistan.
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