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Ed Markey: Do you think we should be more humble in terms of our public pronouncements of the goal to topple the Iranian…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
Do you think we should be more humble in terms of our public pronouncements of the goal to topple the Iranian Government?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey questions the effectiveness of regime change based on past experiences in Iraq and Libya.

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