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On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
I would hope, if you are confirmed, that you will raise this at the highest levels of the Maltese Government and urge them to cut business ties to ensure that IRISL is not using them as a shell process to evade the tremendous efforts that the Obama administration and this Congress pursued using peaceful diplomacy tools, which are sanctions, to deter the Iranians from their nuclear weapons program.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez emphasizes the need for action against Iran's sanctions evasion.

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