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Fast Forward Barack Obama Calls Iran Deal Historic Chance for Safer World
President Barack Obama, seeking to sell the Iran nuclear deal to skeptical U.S. lawmakers and the American public, insisted on Wednesday that the landmark agreement was the best way to avoid a nuclear arms race and more war in the Middle East. Obama made his case in a nationally televised news conference responding to critics…
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Fast Forward Israel Says Iran Deal Exposed as ‘Emperor With No Clothes’
Israel’s nuclear affairs minister said his country was like the boy in the fairy tale who pointed out the emperor had no clothes, heaping scorn on the Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday and emphasizing Israel’s right to unilateral self-defense. Tuesday’s agreement between six world powers and Iran has left Israeli officials scrambling for leverage and…
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Fast Forward Israel Lobby Wastes No Time Trashing Iran Deal
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said in a statement it was “deeply concerned” that the deal “would fail to block Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon and further entrench and empower the leading state sponsor of terror.” The considerable clout of pro-Israel interests on Capitol Hill will play an important role in deciding…
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Fast Forward For Hillary Clinton, Iran Deal Offers Promise and Peril
For the United States, the nuclear deal struck with Iran holds both promise and peril. The same can be said for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner in the 2016 presidential race. Clinton embraced the deal on Tuesday in remarks on Capitol Hill. She had little choice. By her own admission, she was a driver of…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Now Push Congress To Reject Iran Deal — and Mull Strike
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decried an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program hundreds of times — most notably in a March speech to a joint session of Congress. Now that the agreement is signed, experts say Netanyahu has one way left to block it: Go to Congress again and persuade it to reject…
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Fast Forward Tehran Dances in Streets as Deal Augurs Better Days
Young Iranians danced in streets in parts of Tehran and motorists honked car horns to cheer an historic nuclear accord with world powers they hope will end years of economic sanctions and decades of international isolation. Millions of Iranians had followed the talks closely for months with the anticipation that Tuesday’s deal would allow the…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Wins Support From Donors for Cautious Support of Iran Deal
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton welcomed the nuclear deal with Iran but emphasized that enforcement would be crucial, adding she had concerns about Tehran’s “bad behavior.” “This is a very important moment,” the former U.S. secretary of state said, speaking at the U.S. Capitol after meeting with House of Representatives Democrats. “I think this is…
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Fast Forward How Israel Hopes To Scuttle Iran Deal
Israel will ramp up its lobbying of the U.S. Congress to try to hinder the nuclear agreement struck with Iran on Tuesday and minutely monitor the deal for any violations in the hope of getting sanctions reimposed on Tehran. Responding with alacrity to news that six world powers had agreed to lift sanctions on Iran…
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