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The Obama administration has been locked in a public battle with Congress about the agreement, amid fierce opposition from many Republicans as well as some key Democrats, including Sen.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell touts himself as a free trade advocate, but he’s warning that how tobacco is treated in a potential Pacific Rim trade

Menendez, who recently stepped down as ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations after being indicted on public corruption charges, joins Sen.

Obama has promised a veto if the House and Senate vote against the nuclear

The White House’s behavior is especially disappointing given the way the negotiations unfolded.

Schumer’s New York colleague, Sen.

“If it wasn’t such a serious matter, it would be nearly laughable”.

(4) The world will not take American Presidents as seriously anymore in matters of diplomacy and will diminish our President’s ability to conduct foreign policy. But she has also reserved some ire for members of Congress – presumably on the other side of the aisle...

Also Thursday, Obama sent a letter to Rep. Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, defending the deal and urging him to support it.

Sen. Menendez will “vote to disapprove the agreement and, if called upon, would vote to override a veto“, according to remarks prepared for a speech at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

The editorial noted that the president’s attacks against some Republicans was disingenuous, as he had warmly praised Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) just a few months back for being “sincerely concerned about this issue”, calling...

He said the IAEA’s arrangements with Iran are “technically sound and consistent with our long-established practices. They do not compromise our… standards in any way”. Investigating the site is part of the overarching nuclear-limits deal.

Iran’s atomic energy agency has dismissed a media report that Iranian experts, instead of the worldwide Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff, will inspect the country’s nuclear sites.

The IAEA will be able to review the Iranians’ work after the fact.

The disclosure sparked a firestorm of criticism from GOP lawmakers and presidential candidates who think the Obama administration made too many concessions during negotiations for the broader nuclear agreement between Tehran and Western powers.