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September 10, 2015

Clinton Backs Iran Deal as Trump & Cruz Protest It 
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In the United States, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
has endorsed the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran. In an
address Wednesday, Clinton also vowed she would "not hesitate to take
military action" if Iran moved toward developing a nuclear weapon.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Texas
Senator Ted Cruz rallied against the Iran nuclear deal. While the deal
is aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear activities, Cruz invoked the threat
of Iran developing a nuclear bomb.

Sen. Ted Cruz: "If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, the single greatest risk
is they would take that nuclear weapon, they would put it on a ship
anywhere in the Atlantic, and they would fire it up straight into the
air into the atmosphere. They would set off what's called an EMP, and
electromagnetic pulse. It would take down the electrical grid on the
entire Eastern Seaboard and kill tens of millions of Americans."

The Iran nuclear deal has enough Democratic support to block Republican
attempts to undo it in Congress.

 

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