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But he said it would be harder to push back against a nuclear-armed Iran.

Dickerson noted President Obama’s recent assertion that the Republicans who are striving to kill the agreement are “making common cause” with the hardliners in Iran who oppose the deal. “Schumer and his opposition to this reckless nuclear deal with...

Congress has two months to consider whether to reject the deal to roll back sanctions in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program. Other countries, he says, will wonder if they are negotiating with the Obama administration or some 535 members of Congress acting as...

President Obama said Wednesday the deal with Iran on its nuclear program does not resolve all our problems with the Islamic republic, “but it achieves one of our most critical security objectives”. Republicans in Congress overwhelmingly oppose the nuclear agreement,...

Other countries, he says, will wonder if they are negotiating with the Obama administration or some 535 members of Congress acting as secretaries of state.

Cruz, citing Moniz’s testimony from another hearing, said the energy secretary did not understand what an electromagnetic pulse was.

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

“Sure I’d like a better deal – I’d like a pony, too, but it’s not realistic”, says Jeffrey Lewis, director of nonproliferation studies at the Middlebury Institute of global Studies at Monterey, Calif. “The most important thing now is to...

Israel is a harsh critic of the deal and says it is keeping all options open to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

Dempsey said that while the nuclear deal did prevent Iran from producing an atomic weapon, it did not address other concerns about Tehran’s malign activities in the region.

The deal reduces the number of Iranian centrifuges by two-thirds.

Once in place, it would put Iran under “intense scrutiny forever” and keep the world united in ensuring that its nuclear activities “remain wholly peaceful”, he added.

He warned of the consequences of rejecting the deal between Tehran and world powers including the United States.

“They (Iran) already have what they want”.

“What I think you’ve actually done in these negotiations is codify a perfectly aligned pathway for Iran to get a nuclear weapon just by abiding by this agreement“, Corker said.