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On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
When a country led by a person who wants there to be a cataclysmic showdown between the Muslim and non-Muslim world has designs on a nuclear weapon, now we have cause for great concern.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio expresses concern over Iran's nuclear ambitions linked to radical ideology.

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