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Joni Ernst: “We do not have to sign this agreement, and that does not necessarily mean that we will be going to war with Iran.”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
We do not have to sign this agreement, and that does not necessarily mean that we will be going to war with Iran.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Ernst emphasized that rejecting the agreement doesn't mean war is inevitable.

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