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Patrick Leahy: “The irony would be if Iran became less of a theocracy, more of a democracy, and the opposite happened in Iraq.”

On the recordApril 30, 2003
The irony would be if Iran became less of a theocracy, more of a democracy, and the opposite happened in Iraq.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Apr 30, 2003

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Leahy reflects on potential political changes in Iran and Iraq.

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