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On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
would it be accurate to describe the Persian Gulf and the seas adjacent to Iran as an increasingly anti-access and area-denial environment?
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Ayotte questions the characterization of the Persian Gulf as an anti-access environment due to Iranian capabilities.

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