"Lindsey Graham Urges Discussions With Iran On Iraq"

Lindsey Graham Urges Discussions With Iran On Iraq

by Elise Foley at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/15/lindsey-graham-iran-iraq_n_5496545.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that the government should talk with Iran about the deteriorating situation in Iraq.

"We should have discussions with Iran to make sure they don't use this as an opportunity to seize control of parts of Iraq," the hawkish senator said. "They're in this. They're already on the ground. We need to put a red line with Iran."

Asked how the U.S. should do that, Graham replied, "You just sit down and talk with them."

Graham has long been a hardliner on Iran, and his comments came as a surprise to interviewers Gloria Borger and Dana Bash. The pair asked Graham to repeat himself. "I'm sorry, it's sort of hard for me to believe that I'm hearing a Republican say, 'Sit down and talk with Iran,'" Bash said.



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