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Gerry Connolly: “It is worth the gamble if the past is prologue, sanctions didn't drive them away. In fact, sanctions helped bring them…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
It is worth the gamble if the past is prologue, sanctions didn't drive them away. In fact, sanctions helped bring them to the table.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly discusses the effectiveness of sanctions on Iran.

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