Political Quotes

“Madam President, continued implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA, is our best shot at stopping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. And so far at least, that agreement has been working. The Iranians are fulfilling their JCPOA commitments. And so we must also maintain our commitment both to the letter and to the spirit of this historic agreement. Assuming Iran continues to comply, the agreement can and should last for many years. I know many have noted President-Elect Trump's negative comments about renegotiating its terms or even scrapping it outright. I suspect--at least I hope--that once he learns more about the actual national security consequences of scrapping the agreement--of which we were all reminded yesterday by CIA Director John Brennan--he may reconsider. We know Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism, that it destabilizes the region and violates the human rights of its people. That is why Western policymakers agreed to separate out and try to secure agreement on this one discrete issue. They knew an Iran with a nuclear weapon would be especially dangerous--to us, to Israel, and to the region. In fact, it is important to keep in mind that this whole process began in the Bush administration, with a Republican President who was-- in the wake of the Iraq War--willing to engage Iran diplomatically.…”