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Bob Menendez: If Japan was able to do what it did over a course of 4 years, but in particular in the second half of last year…

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
If Japan was able to do what it did over a course of 4 years, but in particular in the second half of last year, drastically reducing its imports of Iranian crude oil, that should be an example to others that they could potentially do more.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez emphasizes Japan's reduction of Iranian oil imports as a model for other nations.

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