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Fast Forward U.S. Defense Aid to Israel Will Increase — Possibly Over Iran
U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington’s efforts to assuage its ally’s fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. A current package worth $3 billion a year expires in 2017. A U.S. official, speaking to Reuters on condition of…
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Opinion A Disgraceful Imprisonment in Iran
Sometimes life imitates art which imitates life. Such is the link between Maziar Bahari and Jason Rezaian. Life: Bahari is an Iranian-born journalist who was in Tehran reporting for Newsweek during the disputed 2009 Iranian national elections when he was charged with espionage, thrown in prison, tortured, denied counsel and visitation, held in solitary confinement…
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Opinion What Israel’s Chief of Staff Is Worried About — No, It’s Not Iran
Two members of Congress from New York, a Democrat and a Republican, are calling on President Obama to provide Israel with massive, 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs, capable of penetrating Iran’s fortified underground nuclear facilities. They also want to send B-52 long-range bombers that can carry the huge devices. “Providing Israel with a stronger capability to destroy…
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Fast Forward Israel Ordered to Pay Iran $1.1B for Pre-Islamic Revolution Pipeline
A Swiss court has ordered Israel to pay $1.1 billion to Iran over a pre-Islamic Revolution oil debt. The debt harkens back to a 1968 agreement in which the government-controlled National Iranian Oil Company shipped oil through Israeli ports and sold crude oil to Israel. Under the agreement, Israel was allowed three months after delivery…
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Fast Forward House Approves Iran Nuclear Bill — Sends to President
House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass legislation giving Congress the right to review — and possibly seek to reject — an international nuclear agreement with Iran. The 400-25 vote sends the legislation to the White House, where administration officials have said President Barack Obama will sign it into law. The Iran Nuclear…
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Fast Forward Despite Iran Bill, Congress Has Scant Hope of Blocking Deal
The Iran deal may not be done, but bids by its opponents to shape it are all but buried. Skeptics of the nuclear negotiations have all but given up on a congressional role before the June 30 deadline for an agreement between Iran and the major powers. “I’m not sure there’s anything anyone can do…
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Fast Forward Jockeying on Iran Bill Moves On to House
Congress considers a bill that would grant it review over any Iran nuclear deal. President Barack Obama says, if it ties my hands, I’ll veto it. (JTA) So Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), get together and they hammer out a bill everyone can…
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Fast Forward Republicans Clear Way for Vote on Iran Nuclear Bill
(Reuters) — The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate cleared the way on Tuesday for a vote on a bill that would give Congress the power to review an international nuclear agreement with Iran, ending debate over efforts to use the measure to impose more conditions on Tehran. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said…
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