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At AIPAC, Sen. Menendez Goes Head-to-Head With the Obama Administration on Iran

NATIONAL JOURNAL by Lauren Fox March 2, 2015 The New Jersey senator, and ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, takes his Capitol Hill fight to AIPAC and vows not to back down—even from his allies. Sen. Bob Menendez takes joy … Continue reading

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Administration denies Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli warplanes

WASHINGTON TIMES by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro March 1, 2015 President Obama threatened last year, according to Middle Eastern news outlets Sunday, to use the U.S. military to shoot down Israeli fighter jets if they attempted to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities … Continue reading

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Why Netanyahu’s Speech Matters

NATIONAL REVIEW by Matthew Continetti February 28, 2015 The emerging nuclear deal with Iran is indefensible. The White House knows it. That is why President Obama does not want to subject an agreement to congressional approval, why critics of the … Continue reading

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The fatal flaw in the Iran deal

WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer February 26, 2015 A sunset clause? The news from the nuclear talks with Iran was already troubling. Iran was being granted the “right to enrich.” It would be allowed to retain and spin thousands of centrifuges. … Continue reading

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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) writes a constituent

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D) is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and has chosen to break with his group by attending Bibi’s address to the Joint Session of Congress next week. I don’t agree with some of his commentary, but … Continue reading

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No Policy Like an Iran Policy

MOSAIC by Michael Doran February 24, 2015 Even his former adviser agrees that the president’s Iran policy is collapsing. Can anything be done, or is it too late? I’ve been stunned by the reception of “Obama’s Secret Iran Strategy.” In … Continue reading

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Navigating the Iran endgame

ISRAEL HAYOM by Richard Baehr February 22, 2015 A week from Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint ‎session of Congress. He will find some empty seats as a few dozen Democrats, ‎almost all them either members of … Continue reading

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Now we know who to believe on Iran

TIMES OF ISRAEL by David Horovitz February 23, 2015 In an op-ed on February 9, I suggested that Israel’s opposition leader, Isaac Herzog, should stand alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Congress on March 3, to underline “their common conviction that the … Continue reading

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The End Run

WEEKLY STANDARD by Fred Barnes March 2, 2015 Who could be against submitting a nuclear deal with Iran to Congress for approval? If you guessed Barack Obama, you’re right. President Obama is not merely opposed to a role for Congress. … Continue reading

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Two Pleas, Two Dates, Two Refusals

AMERICAN THINKER by Peggy Shapiro February 20, 2015 The date was October 6, 1943, and more than four hundred rabbis came to plead for U.S. government to save Jews from Hitler. They hoped  to alert the American public about the Nazi … Continue reading

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