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Beto O'Rourke: “Just real quickly, because my time has expired, for Mr. Misztal, with the new election--or the election of a new…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
Just real quickly, because my time has expired, for Mr. Misztal, with the new election--or the election of a new president in Iran, Mr. Rowhani, and Mr. Maduro in Venezuela and the fact that it is clear Iran does have an anchor in Latin America through these countries there, including Venezuela, what is our opportunity to work diplomatically, economically to find some way to compel these countries to do what we want them to do, which is to tighten the--to increase the pressure on Iran economically, afford it less avenues to trade, to bank, to survive the sanctions that we are leading globally and meet the threat in that way?
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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O'Rourke discusses diplomatic strategies to pressure Iran through Latin American countries.

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