WEEKLY STANDARD
Cotton Puts His Foot Down on Iran Deal
by Lee Smith
April 21, 2016

Yesterday Sen. Tom Cotton moved to block confirmation of an Obama nominee for an important post at the Department of Treasury. Adam Szubin was nominated last year to fill the position of Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes…The problem isn’t really Szubin, as Cotton explained: “Mr. Szubin” he said, “is well respected on both sides of the aisle having worked in the former Bush administration.” The problem rather is with the administration that Szubin now answers to— that is, “the community organizer and the failed novelist and the political operative who are in charge of implementing these parts of the Iran nuclear deal,” as Cotton said, presumably referring to the president, and two of his chief aides, Ben Rhodes and Valerie Jarrett. READ MORE