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Ed Markey: “In addition to imposing restrictions on Iran's nuclear weapons programs, one of the great opportunities that the JCPOA…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
In addition to imposing restrictions on Iran's nuclear weapons programs, one of the great opportunities that the JCPOA provides is to raise the standards for the overall nonproliferation regime.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the JCPOA's potential to improve nonproliferation standards.

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