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In this March 14, 2016, photo, President Barack Obama, left, stops to greet Gen. Joseph L. Votel, right, his pick to be the next tU.S. commander for the Middle East, after speaking at the Chief of Missions Conference at the State Department in Washington. Republican senators on March 17 unveiled legislation that requires the Obama administration to impose stricter sanctions on every sector of Iran's economy that supports the country's ballistic missile program. Both Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Votel have told the Senate Armed Services Committee in the last week that harder hitting sanctions are necessary.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In this March 14, 2016, photo, President Barack Obama, left, stops to greet Gen. Joseph L. Votel, right, his pick to be the next tU.S. commander for the Middle East, after speaking at the Chief of Missions Conference at the State Department in Washington. Republican senators on March 17 unveiled legislation that requires the Obama administration to impose stricter sanctions on every sector of Iran's economy that supports the country's ballistic missile program. Both Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Votel have told the Senate Armed Services Committee in the last week that harder hitting sanctions are necessary.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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