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Barack Obama: “Sanctions that have been so punishing, but as long as Iran has refused to do that, to continue to ratchet up the…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2012
Sanctions that have been so punishing, but as long as Iran has refused to do that, to continue to ratchet up the pressure.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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