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On the recordMarch 7, 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, but also trying to develop surrogate networks in the United States right now?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions Iran's efforts to establish networks in the U.S.

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