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Iran hawks lay out their wish list for Trump era

Outright repeal is out, sanctions and military pushback are in.
US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 1, 2013, before a closed members-only security briefing on Syria. Ros-Lehtinen says she thinks the President did the right thing by asking for Congressional approval, but she wants to see approval from the American people and the support of our allies.  AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON        (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iran hawks on and off Capitol Hill laid out their clearest wish list to date for the next four years during a Dec. 7 briefing.

Lawmakers and outside experts agreed that President-elect Donald Trump would be unwise to rip up the nuclear deal on day one. Barring that, however, the bipartisan group of panelists encouraged him to challenge even minor technical violations of the deal, slap sanctions on thousands more Iranian companies and send Iranian vessels that challenge the US Navy to the bottom of the Persian Gulf.

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