I do not believe that strengthens us. It does not strengthen our position at all, and these negotiations are going on right now.

Iran, over the course of 20 years, deceived the international community and violated not U.S., but U.N. Security Council resolutions to arrive within weeks of achieving nuclear breakout capacity.

I am as skeptical as anyone that Iran will actually come through and follow through on their agreements for the long term.

It sets a dangerous precedent, from my perspective, of what we are looking at as we try to build confidence.

It is interesting to note that sanctions on Russia vis-a-vis Ukraine has not caused them to walk away from what they think is an important deal to be achieved.

It was pretty clear to me that he never said, yes, at some point, we need to reauthorize this.

It concerns me that we may not have a written agreement.

I will tell you something, if you have nothing in place after a no-deal situation, then the President may very well be of his own design in a position in which his only option is a military option or accepting Iran as a nuclear state.

It would have to be a dramatically different Iran to have any aspiration to be a regional power.

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If the Iranians do not agree to a regime that provides verification, inspection, monitoring, and snap-back sanctions, then we should walk away, in my opinion.

The threat of sanctions, even though suspended during performance, but the threat of sanctions, is a significant deterrent toward breach in the future.