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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
We are now in a position of trying to essentially contain the regional ambitions of the Iranians and kinetically defeat the Sunni radical Islamists.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed outlines the U.S. strategy to counter Iranian influence and Sunni extremists.

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