Just a little over 100 days ago, the Obama administration completed an agreement with Iran on their nuclear program. I strongly opposed the joint plan of action throughout its consideration in Congress. And indeed, Congress never approved the deal. Nothing since those 100 days have now passed lead me to have any different view of the impact of that deal on the United States of America. And yet the President appears prepared to continue to implement the deal on its terms, at least as he understands it. And while media attention may have shifted away to other things, it is incumbent upon this body, the United States Congress, to remain vigilant and to ensure that America's vital national security interests are not damaged beyond repair in the execution of the Iran deal. Indeed, in those 100 days, it has become clear that this deal is so badly conceived and America's position so muddled and the text so poorly drafted that the parties cannot even agree what they executed 100 days ago.…
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