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On the recordDecember 31, 2011
An attack on Iran would make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable. They would just bury the program deeper and make it more covert.
Said by
Robert Gates
Republican · Texas
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Gates warned that military action would lead to Iran's nuclear program becoming more secretive.

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