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Ted Deutch: I think if you posed the referendum to the Iranian people, 'Would you like $400 billion to be spent on hospitals and…

On the recordNovember 19, 2014
I think if you posed the referendum to the Iranian people, 'Would you like $400 billion to be spent on hospitals and schools, or would you like $400 billion spent on an antiquate nuclear program, which has isolated the country politically and economically,' I think the vast majority would prefer the former.
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Ted Deutch
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Deutch emphasizes the preference of Iranian people for social spending over nuclear programs.

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