Political Quotes

“I come to the floor again to speak about Iran as we count down to the deadline for an agreement about Iran's illusiveness when it comes to the military dimensions of their program and how they respond to that in any agreement. The truth, as it has always been, is illusive, and it remains so. Yesterday, Secretary of State Kerry said--in response to a question about whether Iran's atomic work by the Iranian military would have to be resolved before sanctions would be lifted--that we are not fixated on Iran specifically accounting for what they did at one point or another. What we are concerned about is going forward. Given Iran's history of deception, I am very concerned about what they did ``at one point or another.'' In an Iran task force memo on verification, it says that ``until Iran provides a full accounting of its past and present possible military dimension activities, the international community cannot have confidence that it knows either how far Iran is along the path to nuclear weapons or that Iran's nuclear weapons activities have effectively ceased.'' David Albright--who has appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and whom I called many times when I was the chairman and still do--is the founder of the Institute for Science and International Security. Mr. Albright said the Secretary's remarks were ``very worrisome.'' He said that they reflect what he sees as the administration's long practice of offering concessions to Iran.…”