Sanctions could get us a better deal. They could. Sanctions could also lead to an acceleration of an Iranian nuclear program that could put us in a worse position.
If I could, you are absolutely right. But we purchased those better inspections with a war.
Diplomacy with an adversary is hard. Diplomacy with an adversary is often necessary.
Sanctions alone were not going to do it. But sanctions were a necessary element to getting them to the table.
This is a deal that in my review produces a dramatically better position for about 15 years than the status quo before n...
If we could go back to that status quo, it seems to me that the status quo then was we had sanctions.
They have agreed to all the NPT obligations going forward, and they have agreed that any nuclear program will be complet...
I think we ought to see, Senator, the application of an American containment strategy on Iran in the region as part of t...
I think it is trying to bring them to the table to look at primarily Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Simply put, the JCPOA is working and has effectively cut off all of Iran's pathways to building a nuclear weapon.
If you look at the end of the 2011, Iran had about 9,000 installed centrifuges. At the end of 2013, they had 20,000 inst...