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Lindsey Graham: “I don't believe it's possible to contain a nuclear-armed Iran. I think the ripple effect would be devastating.”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
I don't believe it's possible to contain a nuclear-armed Iran. I think the ripple effect would be devastating.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham expresses concern about the implications of a nuclear-armed Iran.

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