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Ted Cruz: “After Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, I began…”

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… an oil waiver that gave Iran a waiver from sanctions to allow it to sell oil. Now, oil is the principal source of revenue for the Iranian government. And so After Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, I began leading the fight to end the oil waivers. Now, in this instance, there was a different fight within the Trump administration. It was a fight between State and Energy. So Mike Pompeo is started as the new Secretary of State. (18:03–18:09)

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Asserts that he led the fight to end oil waivers after the U.S. left the Iran nuclear deal.

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