“I’m convinced that the American Congress will reject by a large majority the nuclear agreement with Iran”, MK Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud) said.
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“I mean, the complications that will grow out of that are enormous and there will be an increase in this notion that there ought to be a different reserve currency because the United States is misbehaving, and not in fact, you know, living by the agreements that it negotiates itself”, he said.
While he said the U.S. would have to guard against short-term threats from Iran, he added, “it’s possible that, by 2031, Iran may no longer be controlled by hard-liners determined to harm our interests”. Additionally, hundreds of treaties were modified upon the Senate’s demands.
Montana Republicans Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. Ryan Zinke have said the Obama administration’s deal with Iran is a mistake that is unlikely to stop the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Just a day earlier, Flake traveled to Cuba with Secretary of State John Kerry to attend the flag-raising at the reopened U.S. Embassy in Cuba, another foreign policy move by Obama that most Republicans oppose.
So far, Senate Democratic leaders are split on the deal. Sen.
Political commentator Leon Wieseltier acknowledged that despite his dislike for Benjamin Netanyahu, he believes the Israeli prime minister is right about the Iran nuclear deal.
Lowey, Israel and Deutch, in statements and Op-Eds in hometown newspapers, said they considered carefully before arriving at their decisions. Instead, a cumbersome, convoluted process to address Iranian violations provides ample time to hide most kinds of evidence.
On July 29, Tester also wrote a letter to President Barack Obama outlining his lingering questions and concerns.
News of Schumer’s decision was leaked by former White House officials last Thursday night on Twitter, forcing the senator to release his announcement the same night as the Republican presidential debate.
Even if Iran has no intention of building a bomb, inspection of its nuclear facilities by the global Atomic Energy Agency is to the good. “I hear talking points that have been prepared”, Obama told a group of reporters in an invite-only news conference after his August 5 speech at American University defending the deal.
So, why should members who voted for the Corker bill that authorized the Iran deal, including Schumer, now get any credit for “opposing” the Iran deal?
We pursuaded India and other countries to step back.
In exchange, Iran will gain access to billions of dollars – $55 billion in Iranian assets are now frozen around the world as a deterrent – with which to modernize, boost economic ties and redevelop its oil fields.
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“He’s done something to give himself and others who support the deal cover by saying he has given the president authority to use military strength”, Schurin said.
