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Marco Rubio: “The answer to who is in charge, unless you dispute it, is, ultimately, who they call the supreme leader, the ayatollah.”

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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