PA congressman goes head to head with Secretary of State

“I don’t think they would feel bound to hold that money, the way they’ve done in escrow away from Iran”.

The White House has again warned that if the Republican controlled Congress kills the historic nuclear deal with Iran, it would be impossible to assemble an global coalition, including India, to back sanctions against Tehran. He is serving a 10-year sentence on charges of aiding a hostile power, meaning the United States. His family denies the charge. That led Republicans to say, one after another, that Iran is at least untrustworthy and at worst evil. The deal halts the progress Iran has made on its nuclear program over the past decade, freezes Iran’s nuclear program for 10 to 15 years and, if implemented properly, stops Iran from ever becoming a nuclear weapons power, he said.

Price said he believes the accord will “make the world a safer place”.

All of the prisoners have asserted their innocence, and the Obama administration has repeatedly called on Iran to release them and provide information on the whereabouts of Levinson.

Understanding Iran’s relative trustworthiness in the past will be critical to determining Iran’s potential for trustworthiness in the future – whether, for instance, it can truly be trusted to live up to its commitments in today’s agreement.

Obama framed the fight for the Iran deal as a chance to prevent another war like the one the U.S. undertook in Iraq in 2003. “At no time did that come up in our conversation nor did I make that comment”, Dempsey told Senator Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) during a Senate hearing on the Iran deal. “In the real world, this is a deal that gets the job done”.

The IAEA said it is normal practice for it not to publish safeguards arrangements with countries and that Iran is no exception, adding that the arrangement it reached with Iran on July 14 meets its requirements to clarify outstanding issues.

Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged that neither he nor any members of the administration had actually had access to the agreement itself.

Congress began a 60-day review period last week, during which it may choose to vote to approve or disapprove of the deal. She suggested that Democrats who voted to override the veto would face political consequences, another allusion to the vote before the Iraq war.

In the mean time, he’s being aggressively courted by the White House.

On Thursday morning, Vice President Joe Biden will host members of the House Democratic Caucus for breakfast at the Naval Observatory to discuss the deal.

Supporters and opponents are urging members to decide and announce their positions, in the hopes that those who have gone public will inspire others to follow. Sander Levin of Michigan and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, and Sen.

Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-New Jersey, said: “I’m leaning yes”.

Congress has until late September to decide whether to vote on a resolution of “disapproval” of the agreement.

“That’s not a practical alternative”, he said.

Today John Kerry and other Obama administration officials went before the senate committee of armed services to speak in favor of the deal.