Translation: With a “signing bonus” to Iran of $100 billion or more, the nuke deal will empower the Islamic Republic to send more cash, rockets and other arms to Hezbollah and other anti-Israel terrorist groups. Even if they abide by the deal, which is highly unlikely, we are merely kicking the can down the road and allowing them to develop nuclear weapons in 10-15 years, with the blessing of the world community. Organisers say they have no affiliation with any group or political party. It also comes as Obama is pushing Congress to approve a deal with Iran – Republicans, like Rubio, are united in their opposition to the deal, but have been seeking Democratic support. A Facebook page supporting the deal has already advertised marches on Saturday in around 80 cities, including Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Ottawa and New York.
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Schurin said a president has authority to go to war under the War Powers Act, but that requires an imminent threat, which a treaty violation may not pose.
“If one or two Republicans come out in public support I’ll be surprised, though (some GOP senators) are privately inclined to, or at at least not disapprove it”, Samore said. One of Iran’s vice presidents also shared a link to “the voluntary campaign” on her Facebook page.
It’s not without precedent that Congress could send the nuclear deal back to negotiators under certain revisions.
Samore, a non-proliferation expert, advised Barack Obama during his first presidential term and received wide media attention this week as former White House colleagues hailed his decision as a victory for the “yes” camp. Robert Menendez makes his position on the deal official.
“I’m looking at it from an American perspective”, Cassidy said in an interview with Gannett Louisiana before he spoke in front of a Monroe Chamber of Commerce audience.
Co-op City’s Congressman, who represents a local constituency that is counted among Obama’s most reliable strongholds, stressed, “The main part (about the agreement) that I find most objectionable is you look at Iran’s behavior these past years when they had no money and they were still a leading sponsor of worldwide terrorism“.
Republican Senator John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said this week, “I am confident we’re gonna get to 60″, referring to the number of senators who will vote against the deal (the Senate has 100 members).
In return for having Iran agree to some inspections of its nuclear facilities, the U.
The letter from the retired military officers followed the release this past weekend of a letter to Obama by 29 of the nation’s leading scientists, who called the Iran deal “technically sound, stringent and innovative” and said it would “provide the necessary assurance in the coming decade and more that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons”.
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The deal in hand may not be ideal – what agreement ever is? – but it’s far better than the alternatives. Frustrated as he may be by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lapses in diplomacy, the president should know better than to dish up the kind of rhetoric that the crazies feed on.
