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On the recordMay 24, 2022
President Trump blew up the Iran nuclear deal and then left a minefield to make it difficult for any successor to cleanly reenter, but President Biden knows that the alternative to diplomacy is far worse.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes Trump's actions on the Iran deal and emphasizes the importance of diplomacy.

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