If you are going to do this and you are going to continue with your nuclear ambitions, going in the direction that Senator Rubio has suggested, why would you not sit down with your enemy, negotiate this kind of deal...
Jim Risch
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Jim Risch is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Risch previously held the position of lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2006 to 2009 and served in the Idaho State Senate from 2002 to 2006. Throughout his career, he has focused on issues such as government accountability and land management, reflecting the interests of his constituents in Idaho.
I am convinced today that they have done that. I think they have us set up for what could be a real disaster.
A particular challenge for U.S. interests in the region is Iran's pursuit of a rudimentary anti-access/area-denial strategy.
To say this is a--to be able to walk away from this and say that this is a good deal is ludicrous.
This is not a partisan issue in any way: Do you feel that this agreement will keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon or not?
The word 'perfect' should not even be used in the sentence with this agreement.
Why, after 4 years of stonewalling on these issues by Iran, we, for whatever reason, could think that these are going to be resolved by a couple of side agreements and they are going to be resolved by mid-December, my view is that is just…
If I were the Iranians, I would say, 'Look, all right, let us cut the best deal we can.'
One year after the agreement concluded, the Iranian regime remains as serious of a threat to our national security as ever before.





