On Tuesday, world powers reached a nuclear agreement with Iran after nearly two years of intense talks, and a decade of confrontation. U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the deal, and threatened to veto any attempt to stop it. The Iranian regime, too, celebrated it as a victory for diplomacy. Israel, meanwhile, panned a “terrible deal” and a “mistake of historic proportions.” So who is right?
Secretary of State John Kerry “began his service to this country more than four decades ago, when he put on our uniform and went off to war,” Obama stated, and was “making this country safer through his commitment of strong, principled, American diplomacy.”
President Obama celebrated his monumental agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, adamantly defending the lengthy process that blew by several deadlines before finally concluding on Monday. “America negotiated from a position of strength and principle,” Obama said in an
VIENNA, Austria – Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East, and which Israel called an “historic surrender”. Under
(Reuters) A draft nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers calls for U.N. inspectors to have access to all suspect Iranian sites, including military, based on consultations between the powers and Tehran, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday. The source
Diplomats in Vienna missed the 4th consecutive deadline for wrapping up talks on Iran’s nuclear program Monday.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, insisted during a congressional hearing that under “no circumstances” should there be relief for Iran on ballistic missiles and arms trafficking. But when asked if Dempsey spoke for the administration regarding the limits on conventional weapons, Earnest cryptically told reporters that Dempsey’s statement reflected his “personal point of view” and the advice he was likely giving the president.
“There is much talk of deadlines looming ominously, but Iran knows perfectly well that the deadline is its friend—and the West’s enemy,” Breitbart News wrote last week. It seems this credulous, juvenile administration finally figured that out, as the Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. is floating the idea of an “open-ended diplomatic process,” waving aside deadlines altogether.
SANTA CLARA, California — Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren recently addressed a packed crowd at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Santa Clara where he discussed his latest book Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide and the damaged U.S.-Israel relationship under President Barack Obama’s leadership.
Secretary of State John Kerry said that “we shouldn’t get up and leave” negotiations with Iran “simply because the clock strikes midnight” while assuring that the talks were “not open-ended” during remarks in Vienna on Thursday. Kerry said, “let me
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stated the US wants to reach a deal with Iran more than Iran does because of the president’s “delusion that an agreement will then cause a new partnership between the United States and Iran” on Thursday’s “Andrea
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) argued “our red lines to the Iranians seem to be green lights” on Wednesday’s “Wolf” on CNN. Menendez, after hearing a portion of Thomas Friedman’s op-ed where Friedman argues “It keeps feeling as if it’s always
Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said the “mixed bag” deal with Iran will push Iran “considerably” further away from a nuclear weapon but also will give Iran “greater resources…to do its nefarious work throughout the region” on Tuesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on
Former Israeli Ambassador Dr. Michael Oren argued that Iran has “internalized” the message that when it comes to the US “the longer they remain at the table, the more concessions they make” on Thursday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Oren said of
As it becomes increasingly clear that the nuclear deal with Iran will not live up to promises made just a few months ago, the Obama administration is getting some help moving the goalposts from the New York Times.
President Obama said once again on Tuesday that the U.S. would “walk away” from a bad deal with Iran. Apparently, the definition of a “bad deal” does not include one that tosses out a key commitment included in the U.S. fact sheet published in April.
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton declared the US’ dealings with Iran on its nuclear program “an American Munich, and whatever form of words is used to paper it over, we’ve given away the most important points” on Tuesday’s “America’s Newsroom”
Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said “an agreement is necessary, and has to be good enough to be worth doing, even if Iran doesn’t change” and that a deal is “more likely to produce an evolution in Iranian behavior”
President Obama said that Americans imprisoned in Iran are “a top priority,” there can still be a nuclear deal with the country without progress on that front during a press conference on Tuesday. Obama, in response to a question about
With the clock winding down on a June 30th deadline for a nuclear agreement with Iran, Obama administration critics fear a potential deal is worsening by the day as U.S. concessions accelerate in the final days of the negotiations.
Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass argued that the “real danger” with the Iran nuclear deal “is if Iran does comply” on Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. Haass began by saying, “Well, we don’t yet know the final thing.
DENVER, Colorado—Over 4000 delegates are expected to gather at Denver’s Convention Center this weekend for the Western Conservative Summit. Speakers include presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina, Rick Perry, Ben Carson, and Scott Walker.
The Saudi embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum believed Iran shipped advanced nuclear equipment, including centrifuges for enriching uranium, to Sudan in 2012, a document released by WikiLeaks reportedly shows.
American troops are being told to share quarters with extremist Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq, the people who were murdering them with roadside bombs just a few years ago. Given the insane disaster Obama has made of Iraq, Syria, and Libya, there might not be any other way to check ISIS.
Monday at the State Department press briefing, when asked by Associated Press reporter Matt Lee, spokesman John Kirby said that the Iranian Parliament’s chants of “death to America” as they voted to ban any inspectors’ access to military sites as
