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On the recordJuly 15, 2014
Instead of offering concessions to the regime, the administration should be pressing Iran to dismantle completely its nuclear program; abandon its support for Assad and its terrorist proxies; and cease its provocations against the U.S. and our ally, the democratic Jewish state of Israel, or else we will impose even stricter sanctions that will bring Iran's economy to its knees. It is the sanctions, stupid.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen advocates for stricter sanctions on Iran instead of concessions.

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