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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 3, 2008
If Iran continues its defiance of the international community, we should work for tougher sanctions - within and outside of the UN - to ratchet up economic pressure on Iran, while also strengthening unilateral measures like divestment.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Statement of Senator Barack Obama on Additional Sanctions on Iran

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