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Israel reaches out to France before resumption of Iran nuclear talks

REUTERS by Dan Williams and John Irish March 22, 2015 Top Israeli envoys were sent to confer with French officials on Sunday about preventing what Israel considers an unfavorable nuclear deal with Iran after tensions surfaced between France and the … Continue reading

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Iran’s Great Cultural Advantage

REAL CLEAR WORLD by Robert Kaplan March 18, 2015 Throughout all the vicissitudes of dealing with Iran, an obvious fact has been insufficiently addressed: The external behavior of Iran’s regime is simply more dynamic and more effective than that of … Continue reading

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White House blitzes Hill on Iran

POLITICO by Manu Raju and Burgess Everett March 17, 2015 The White House is moving aggressively to limit Democratic defections on Capitol Hill that could undermine its negotiations with Iran, dispatching senior officials and President Barack Obama himself to lobby … Continue reading

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What France Really Thinks of U.S. Iran Policy

GATESTONE by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet March 17, 2015 French leaders think the U.S. president is dangerously naïve on Iran’s ambitions, and that his notion of making Iran an “objective ally” in the war against ISIS, or even a partner, together with … Continue reading

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US intel report scrapped Iran from list of terror threats

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff March 16, 2015 Softened assessment, submitted in February, comes amid marathon nuclear talks, shared interests vis-a-vis the Islamic State. An annual report delivered recently to the US Senate by James Clapper, the director of National … Continue reading

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Iran Removed From Terror Threat Report As Obama Negotiates Nuclear Deal

DAILY CALLER by Neil Munro March 16, 2015 President Barack Obama’s appointees have airbrushed Iran out of the terror section of the 2015 annual report on national security threats, just as he tries to negotiate a nuclear weapons deal with … Continue reading

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Senator Obama’s 2008 Message to Iran Undermines Condemnation of GOP Letter

BREITBART by James Zumwalt March 11, 2015 President Obama set his Vice Presidential attack dog on the forty-seven GOP senators who dared send their March 9th letter to Iran’s leadership warning them any deal signed with Team Obama may be … Continue reading

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Sen. Mark Kirk: Why I won’t let Iran get nuclear weapons

CHICAGO SUN TIMES by Mark Kirk March 13, 2015 As co-author of an Iran sanctions law that passed the Senate in a 100-to-0 vote in 2011, I’ve worked tirelessly to sustain the bipartisan consensus to stop Iran from getting nuclear … Continue reading

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Worried About Iranian Nuke Deal, Group Floods Senate With 57,000 Emails

ALGEMEINER by Chris Coffey March 11, 2015 The US Senate received over 57,000 emails in 24 hours from people demanding congressional review of any nuclear deal with Iran, according to a statement from Christians United for Israel (CUFI) on Wednesday. CUFI … Continue reading

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Obama Administration Falls Into GOP’s Iran Letter Trap

DAILY BEAST by Tim Mak March 11, 2015 Beyond the theatrics of the open letter that 47 Republican senators sent to Iran, it features a core of truth: the Obama administration is negotiating a deal that cannot be guaranteed beyond … Continue reading

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