I was always the leading proponent of the sanctions against Iran. I am proud of what we did here.
But I don't think that any of us thought we were just imposing these sanctions for the sake of imposing them.
We are in a good place now to negotiate.
At least twice in this agreement it is mentioned that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
Let me be very clear. This is a very delicate diplomatic moment.
We have to build a process. So what we did was we got, I thought, a remarkable amount.
We believe this agreement also opens the door for our ability to deal with some of that.
They know we are serious about diplomacy, because we prefer to resolve this through diplomacy and to reach a reasonable ...
Now, that is very important.
The pressure we put on Iran through these sanctions is exactly what has brought Iran to the table today.
Believe me, this is not about trust.
Every one of us remembers Ronald Reagan's maxim when he was negotiating with the Soviet Union, 'Trust but verify.' But w...
We have an obligation to give these negotiations an opportunity to succeed.
It has got to make Israel safer. It has got to make the world safer.
The U.N. Security Council sought suspension, not prohibition.
We are not naive. We are not sitting here believing that because somebody says it to you it is true.
They know that if this fails, sanctions will be increased.
I urge you to go read his speech, or if you didn't see it or haven't read it, because the President said in his speech t...
