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On the recordDecember 30, 2011
In Iraq, how great is the risk that the Iranian regime will obtain a significant and destabilizing influence following the planned withdrawal of the last U.S. troops by December 2011?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Cornyn questions the risk of Iranian influence post-U.S. troop withdrawal.

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