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Elizabeth Warren: “If new legislation gives us no extra leverage and it increases the risk that the negotiations will blow up and it makes…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
If new legislation gives us no extra leverage and it increases the risk that the negotiations will blow up and it makes it harder for us to hold together an international coalition to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, then I just cannot support it.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren expresses opposition to new sanctions if they undermine international coalition efforts against Iran.

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