And unbridgeable gaps between Republicans and Democrats in Congress on whether and how to limit the president’s war-making authority have stalled the legislation.
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He said two years of negotiations “have achieved a detailed arrangement that permanently prohibits Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon” and contains “the most comprehensive inspection and verification regime ever negotiated to monitor a nuclear program”.
“And it is an agreement that is supported by the worldwide community – 99 percent of the world as the President (Barack Obama) has described it”, Earnest said.
He ended his sales pitch by asking Americans to contact their representatives in Washington to urge them to approve the Iranian deal.
Asked about the reaction to his comments, Obama said that the comparison was accurate. His solution for crushing ISIS: Kill Americans who join any jihadi movement, and elect a president unafraid to utter the words “radical Islamic terrorists”. We expect more of those who care about a safe and secure world.
Obama said that while Iranian hardliners may chant “Death to America” in the streets of Tehran, that’s not the belief of all Iranians.
Christie finished, “The hugs that I remember are the hugs that I gave to the families who lost their people on September 11…And those had nothing to do with politics”. But now, as he labors to sell his historic nuclear deal with Iran, Obama wants his critics to focus on how willing he has been to use deadly force overseas – overtly, covertly, sending in troops, ordering drone strikes, acting with or without congressional authority, with allies or unilaterally, and sometimes in ways that test the bounds of global law. The three are prominent Jewish members of Congress and – like Schumer – have voiced sympathy for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strong opposition to the agreement. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., announced he would do the same.
“No, it wasn’t! I’ll read you the quote”, she shot back.
Following this, New Delhi took steps to reduce its import of oil from Iran that had considerable impact on the Indian economy, a fact acknowledged by the White House.
The agreement requires Iran to dismantle most of its current nuclear infrastructure and what remains will not allow them to build a nuclear bomb.
“We have not had one discussion on the debt ceiling as a Republican conference all year long”, he said.
“I hope that we can get our act together in those 12 days to deal with the trillion-dollar spending that’s going to come up”, he added. His bottom line: “If you wage jihad on America, then you are signing your death warrant”.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flatly ruled out a government shutdown this fall but was less certain on when Congress would revive a series of expired tax benefits, including biofuel credits and the popular Section 179 expensing allowance.
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Its leaders are responsible for destabilizing half the countries in the Middle East and they’ve not even pretended to renounce their intentions to destroy the state of Israel.
