The Iran deal and the U.S. commitment to its ally, Israel, were by far the linchpin foreign policy issues at Wednesday night’s Republican debate in California – with the Islamic Republic and the Jewish state mentioned more than all the other countries cited by GOP presidential hopefuls grilled by CNN, the host of the event.
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With Democrats objecting to adding non-nuclear issues to consideration of the nuclear deal, that procedural vote was 53-45, meaning the measure failed to attract the 60 votes it would need to advance. In the last days, McConnell went hardball against Democrats, forcing the chamber to vote on sensitive measures dealing with the U.S. hostages in Iran and recognizing Israel’s sovereignty.
Experts who spoke to the Free Beacon raised alarms about the Obama administration’s response, which they claim would give Iran a veto over congressional efforts to respond to Iranian human rights atrocities and global terror activities.
Asked about how long would the sanctions that obliged India to cut down its oil imports from Tehran would continue, Kirby said, “It wouldn’t be appropriate for us to tell India how to work their way through this, but we do believe that the architecture of the Iran deal is truly an international architecture”.
Three of the four Democratic senators who came out against the Iran deal itself voted against this amendment.
“If we find out that they may be developing a nuclear weapon, then the military option is on the table”, he said.
Gallagher said the Vatican hopes that full implementation of the accord “will ensure the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program” and “will be a definitive step toward greater stability and security in the region”. Applied to the Iran deal, the filibuster betrays the Senate’s 98-1 vote to enact the Corker-Cardin review deal in the first place.
FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen.
“I would say – and I don’t know if we’ve been able to confirm those reports yet – I’m very skeptical every time the Iranian government comes forward with information”.
Third, contrary to almost all of his rivals (and his fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill), Paul said that he would not “tear up” the Iran nuclear deal upon entering the White House. Assessment available on Iranian capacity militarily, economically and politically shows that they lack the wherewithal muscle to project significant power across the gulf.
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However, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said Tuesday’s vote – and the possibility of another one later in the week – was an exercise in futility.
