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Eliot Engel: “Let us face it, it wasn't our willingness to talk that brought Iran to the negotiating table.”

On the recordMay 14, 2013
Let us face it, it wasn't our willingness to talk that brought Iran to the negotiating table.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel argues that pressure, not diplomacy, is needed to influence Iran's actions.

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