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Barack Obama: This tired strategy of using old tensions to scapegoat other countries won't work anymore in Iran.

On the recordJune 22, 2009
This tired strategy of using old tensions to scapegoat other countries won't work anymore in Iran.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama responds to accusations that the U.S. is spurring on protests in Iran.

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