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Beto O'Rourke: “I want to start by again thanking the Chairman for his leadership on this issue, for focusing us on the threat that Iran…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
I want to start by again thanking the Chairman for his leadership on this issue, for focusing us on the threat that Iran poses in the Western Hemisphere, Latin America, and at our borders and within our country.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke acknowledges the Chairman's focus on Iran's threat in the Americas.

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