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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) gives a speech announcing he will not support President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal at Seton Hall University on August 18, 2015 in South Orange, New Jersey.

Back from a notably uneventful and restful two-week vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, Obama was immediately on the road for a short trip here, first to speak at a green energy conference hosted by retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, then to raise money for his...

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.

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

Critically, it lifts punishing economic sanctions on Iran “in exchange for only temporary limitations on its nuclear program – not a rolling back, not a dismantling”, Menendez said.

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.

Elkin, who is one of the politicians closest to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said he was disappointed that the rabbis have not joined efforts to persuade Congress to reject the deal next month when it will vote on the controversial agreement. Maybe Iran will desist from its...

We also staunchly agree that Mr. Obama, as the leader of this nation, should retract the unfortunate comment made that those opposing the deal are “making common cause” with Iran’s hard-line leaders.

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.

The US can not persuade countries like India and China to join the Iranian sanctions regime again, Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said as he warned the Congress against rejecting the nuclear deal with Iran.

In his speech at the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy and worldwide Relations, Menendez committed not only to voting against the deal when the Senate returns next month, but also to voting to override a presidential veto.

But long-standing concerns among the pro-Israel establishment raised by the generation gap in Jewish-American attitudes to Israel will have been amplified by the community’s split over the Iran deal, and by the willingness of Obama – the president elected by the...

If the Israelis can coerce the U.S. government and Congress and Senate into imposing its will, why spend millions on convincing the public how terrible the nuclear agreement is?