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Ted Cruz: If, God forbid, Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons and if, God forbid, they were to make the second decision of being…

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
If, God forbid, Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons and if, God forbid, they were to make the second decision of being willing to use those weapons, based on the radical religious extremism that motivates so-called Supreme Leader Khamenei and the mullahs in Iran, in your view how much damage could Iran do to America or her allies if Iran was willing to use nuclear weapons to maximize the damage?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz questions the potential threat of Iran using nuclear weapons.

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