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Mark Kirk: “With 92 Senators writing you on the Iranian Central Bank, is it impossible for you in response to a plot to kill 100…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2011
With 92 Senators writing you on the Iranian Central Bank, is it impossible for you in response to a plot to kill 100 Americans to not say anyone who does business with the Central Bank of Iran cannot do any business with the United States and cripple their--you look at their economic growth.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kirk questions the response to threats from Iran regarding its central bank.

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