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On the recordJune 15, 2016
I cannot foresee any scenario in the near term in which we would have an interest in removing the countries currently on the list, particularly Iran and Syria.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel discusses the challenges of removing countries from the terrorism list, specifically Iran and Syria.

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