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Barney Frank: “No, I'm sorry. Here's the response. The minority had the right to offer this in a way in which we could debate it. They…”

On the recordApril 16, 2008
No, I'm sorry. Here's the response. The minority had the right to offer this in a way in which we could debate it. They didn't choose to do that. They chose to do it in this limited fashion. So it does look to me like you are having problems here that does the Government of Iraq have business interests with Iran. I know there are close ties between the Governments of Iraq and Iran. There's interchangeability. I think this is a pretty sketchy way to go forward. I'm not sure that there are any other countries. I think Iraq may be one of the few that doesn't. It's fairly narrowly drawn, but that's of great concern. And I couldn't get a direct answer, and I don't know if anybody really knows it.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the relationship between Iraq and Iran during a congressional debate.

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