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On the recordMarch 8, 2023
Is Iran trying to be able to develop surrogate networks, even into the United States, where they're choosing Hezbollah to advance across different regions?
Said by
James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford questions Iran's development of networks in the U.S. for potential threats.

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