Jan 20, 2015
I think it is absolutely critical that we send a clear message to the Iranians now and certainly in time for the next administration that we do not interpret the JCPOA as precluding nonnuclear sanctions.
Bob Menendez
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Jan 20, 2015
if I am sitting in the gulf and I look at Ukraine and look at the United States as a party to the Bucharest agreement, where we said give up your nuclear weapons.
Jan 20, 2015
Let's not be bashful about the need for U.S. leadership, and Congress has a critical role in that.
Jan 20, 2015
If, in fact, the sanctions which exist that all heralded and said brought Iran to the table expire next year, in 2016, and we do not reauthorize them, there is nothing at least in that context to snap back to.
Jan 20, 2015
When you have more money, you can help your people to some degree, but you can still promote that terrorism.
Jan 20, 2015
I do not think there is any question that Russia and China, by virtue of the Syrian conflict, but also what China is doing right now relative to selling arms, actually view Iran as an ally.
Jan 20, 2015
If you do not have economic sanctions to stop that Iran, then you really only have military force, or you concede.
Jan 20, 2015
Is it fair to say that Iran's influence, at least up to this date, has been to destabilize state actors in the Middle East?
Jan 20, 2015
My worst-case scenario is that, as you have described, a much stronger Iran, a much more economically resilient Iran.
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