I believe that the Secretary continues to create a false narrative about where we are.
John Kerry
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I will say that Salehi today has stated that, 'By December 15 at the end of the year the issue of PMD should be determined.'
I believe Russia and Iran teamed up against the United States during these negotiations.
This administration repeatedly ignores the advice of our military leaders when it comes to important national security decisions.
We believe we are very well protected here, Senator Coons, because we created a one-nation ability to go to the Security Council and effect snapback.
The Americans say they stopped Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. They know it is not true.
How do we fulfill President Obama's pledge to close off the four pathways to a bomb?
There is no trust built into this deal at all. It is not based on any concept of trust.
President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif--both in their public statements embracing this arrangement--talked about how it could open a new moment in the Middle East.
Can one hope that this kind of opportunity perhaps provides a moment for possibilities and change? Yes, absolutely.
The truth is, because of the 25-year tracking of their uranium, it would be impossible for them to, you know, have a separate covert track.
At the U.N. by Susan Rice when she first wrote Resolution 1929, the arms embargo came into that resolution at the very last minute.
We are not going to lift them. We are not going to do this when your behavior--look at what you are doing in Yemen, look at what you are doing with Hezbollah.
The discussions of the embargo actually began on almost day one of the negotiations.
No, and furthermore, we would be proceeding without any of our allies, which is not a small consequence.
I find it to be a factual statement in the sense that it would only take a few days, but I do not find it to be a realistic statement in terms of policy.
I think you have hit the nail on the head with a series of absolutely clearly anticipatable consequences, and I would agree with what you have said.
There is absolutely no question whatsoever, indisputable--you cannot argue--that taking a breakout time from 2 months to a year, taking a 12,000 kilogram stockpile to zero, taking a centrifuge----





