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Bob Menendez: “This would be a pretty big undertaking to try to circumvent U.S. sanctions by using what may or may not, I am not ready…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
This would be a pretty big undertaking to try to circumvent U.S. sanctions by using what may or may not, I am not ready to make that determination, a legal loophole to do so.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez questions the legality of Exxon's dealings with Iran and potential sanction evasion.

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