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Kirsten Gillibrand: “A nuclear Iran is an existential threat to the United States, as well as Israel.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
A nuclear Iran is an existential threat to the United States, as well as Israel.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand emphasizes the threat posed by a nuclear Iran to U.S. and Israeli security.

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