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On the recordJune 16, 2015
And just a quick thing on Iran. And, obviously, I mean, if we just had these extremist Sunni groups to fight, I mean, that would be enough to really challenge us.
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Martin Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith discusses the complexity of fighting extremist groups and Iranian influence.

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