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Tough Talk Against Iran Turns to Tough Action

On Thursday morning, the Bush administration announced a series of economic sanctions against Iran. In a recent interview with Esquire magazine, Flynt Leverett, a former senior director for Middle East policy at the National Security Council, details his concern that the United States is gearing up to wage an attack.

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Flynt Leverett, senior fellow at the New America Foundation; former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council

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