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On the recordJune 19, 2012
The difficulty, of course, is that the military option is costly and risky, and there is not even a guarantee that it would necessarily stop Iran from developing the nuclear weapon.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith discusses the risks and uncertainties of military action against Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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