Political Quotes

“once again, the truth proves elusive when we are dealing with Iran's unpredictable regime. I refer to a New York Times article that is entitled ``Iran's Nuclear Stockpile Grows, Complicating Negotiations.'' Among elements of the article--and I know the article is being disparaged by the State Department; I will talk about that in a moment--but among the elements of the article is the fact that Iran's stockpile of nuclear fuel has increased about 20 percent over the last 18 months of negotiations--increased--increased 20 percent in the last 18 months of negotiations. In essence, we are to be convinced ``that Iran will have to shrink its stockpile by 96 percent in a matter of months after a deal is signed, even while it continues to produce new material and has demonstrated little success in reducing its current stockpile.'' I am reading from the Times article. It goes on to say, in part, ``That means Iran . . . would have to rid itself of more than nine tons of its stockpile in a matter of months.'' In a matter of months. Now, this is a continuing challenge that we have as we look at these negotiations. We are supposedly in the final months. The end of this month is when we are hopefully going to come to some type of an agreement. We see what has been a challenge from the very beginning. It is a challenge I have cited time and time again. How much of these numbers are done because of Iran's desire to push the numbers upward? Is that for a political purpose?…”