Ben Rhodes Won’t Testify to Congress on Iran Deal Push

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By Reuters May 16, 2016

The White House confirmed on Monday that Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser, would not testify at a House oversight panel on Iran on Tuesday.

The panel had asked Rhodes to appear after a New York Times article had suggested that he had manipulated the public debate over the Iran deal.

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