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Sunday, March 15, 2015

NEW: Democrats are prepared to break with Obama on Iran, Cotton letter flap notwithstanding

◼ Obama Deputy Warns Senate on Undermining Iran Nuclear Talks - Toluse Olorunnipa/Bloomberg
His administration asks a top senator to keep Congress on the sidelines until a deal is done.
◼ Even as the White House ramps up pressure on Congress to stay out of its negotiations with Iran on a nuclear agreement, Republicans are on the brink of veto-proof majorities for legislation that could undercut any deal. - Politico

And that support has held up even after the uproar last week over the GOP’s letter to Iranian leaders warning against an agreement.

Though several Democratic senators told POLITICO they were offended by the missive authored by Arkansas GOP Sen. Tom Cotton, none of them said it would cause them to drop their support for bills to impose new sanctions on Iran or give Congress review power over a nuclear deal.

◼ 2008 Candidate Senator Obama Sent U.S. Secret Emissary To Iran Telling Them Not To Negotiate With George Bush – Said Wait For Him To Be Elected…. - Conservative Treehouse
The facts of this story have existed in discussion since last year, yet failed to capture traction until the recent protestations of VP Joe Biden, and Secretary of State John Kerry....

It is a remarkable revelation given the level of apoplectic response recently from the White House and State Dept. to a rather innocuous “open letter” from 47 Senators.

President Obama, Joe Biden and John Kerry shouting about how wrong it is for the Senate to publish their opinion, yet it is now clear that Senator Obama not only communicated with the Iranian government in secret, but he did so specifically to undermine President George W. Bush during prior Iranian negotiations....

Upon consideration of this latest revelation – Things ◼ like this (2014), and ◼ Like this (2013) make more sense.
◼ Kinda Sneaky - Discussion at Lucianne















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