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On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
If we could go back to that status quo, it seems to me that the status quo then was we had sanctions.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine contrasts the current deal with the previous sanctions regime against Iran.

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