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Obama, Iranian official slam GOP letter on deal (Priceless!)
CNN ^ | March 9, 2015 | Alexandra Jaffe

Posted on 03/09/2015 8:08:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

President Barack Obama slammed Republican senators who penned a letter attempting to warn Iran that any pending nuclear agreement will face their scrutiny, claiming they were aligning themselves with Iranian "hard-liners."

"I think it's somewhat ironic to see some members for Congress wanting to make common cause with the hard-liners in Iran. It's an unusual coalition," Obama said Monday ahead of a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk.

"I think what we're going to focus on right now is actually seeing whether we're going to get a deal or not. Once we do, if we do, we'll be able to make the case to the American people, and I'm confident we'll be able to implement it," Obama said.

Nearly every Senate Republican has signed on to an open letter to Iran's leaders warning that without their approval, any Iran nuclear deal signed by Obama will be null and void after he leaves office.

But a top Iranian negotiator and Democrats slammed the letter, calling it a purposeful attempt to undermine the delicate negotiations as they reach a pivotal deadline later this month.

"We believe this letter has no legal value and is indeed just a propaganda ploy," said Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: congress; constitution; cotton; iran; irandeal; nuclearweapons; obama; ratification; senate; tedcruz; treaties; zarif
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To: realcleanguy
“.....unbelievable. Obama really does want Iran to have nuclear weapons”........

Of course he does, so the Iranians can send a few over to his enemy, Israel. IMO he is one evil S.O.B. that needs eradicating.

21 posted on 03/10/2015 3:05:16 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: faithhopecharity

I see. I think I get the basic idea of it. Maybe one of our great freeper graphic artists will see this and draw it. I think it’s a good idea.


22 posted on 03/10/2015 6:45:57 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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