Obama, GOP senators clash over Iran letter
President Obama compared a "coalition" of Republican senators with Iranian hardliners for trying to undermine ongoing nuclear negotiations. The 47 senators signed an open letter to Iran saying any deal may only last as long as Obama's presidency. VPC.
President Obama denounced a group of Republican senators Monday for warning Iran that any nuclear deal could be a temporary one, calling it an attempt to undermine the administration's foreign policy.
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"It's somewhat ironic to see some members of Congress wanting to make common cause with the hardliners in Iran," Obama said of an open letter from Republicans who have questioned the prospect of a nuclear agreement. "It's an unusual coalition."
In the letter to Iran's leaders, 47 Senate Republicans said that any deal is only an "executive agreement" that may not last beyond Obama's presidency, which ends on Jan. 20, 2017.
"The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time," said the letter pushed primarily by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
Obama himself said he will sign an agreement only if it prevents Iran from getting a nuclear weapons.
Obama will walk away from Iran talks if no inspections
"I would say that over the next month or so we're going to be able to determine whether or not their system is able to accept what would be an extraordinarily reasonable deal," Obama told CBS News over the weekend.
He added: "If we are able to verify that in fact they are not developing weapons systems, then there's a deal to be had. But that's going to require them to accept the kind of verification and constraints on their program that so far, at least, they have not been willing to say yes to."
"It's somewhat ironic to see some members of Congress wanting to make common cause with the hardliners in Iran," Obama said of an open letter from Republicans who have questioned the prospect of a nuclear agreement. "It's an unusual coalition."
In the letter to Iran's leaders, 47 Senate Republicans said that any deal is only an "executive agreement" that may not last beyond Obama's presidency, which ends on Jan. 20, 2017.
"The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time," said the letter pushed primarily by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
Obama himself said he will sign an agreement only if it prevents Iran from getting a nuclear weapons.
Obama will walk away from Iran talks if no inspections
"I would say that over the next month or so we're going to be able to determine whether or not their system is able to accept what would be an extraordinarily reasonable deal," Obama told CBS News over the weekend.
He added: "If we are able to verify that in fact they are not developing weapons systems, then there's a deal to be had. But that's going to require them to accept the kind of verification and constraints on their program that so far, at least, they have not been willing to say yes to."
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