TIMES OF ISRAEL
A Democrat takes on the Iranian threat
by Jeff Robbins
February 20, 2016

Ted Deutch has had a lot of practice using diplomatic language while traveling the country speaking to fellow Democrats who are skeptical about the Obama Administration’s foreign policy…The 50-year-old Congressman from Florida, the ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Mideast and North Africa Subcommittee, is at once a loyal Democrat and a sharp dissenter when it comes to the Administration’s policy toward Iran…Mr. Deutch may play an important role in guiding Democrats back to positions that make their party more confidence-inspiring on security issues than it has been during the Obama years. There is growing evidence that Democratic leaders are beginning to worry the Administration’s appearance of haplessness, denial and naiveté on foreign policy issues has hurt the party’s standing with voters, and may hurt them a good deal this November. READ MORE