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On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
The answer to who is in charge, unless you dispute it, is, ultimately, who they call the supreme leader, the ayatollah.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio identifies the supreme leader as the ultimate authority in Iran.

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