Tag: Iran

Put simply, Cotton's concern is well-placed. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Tom Cotton wants to decertify the Iran nuclear deal. Is that a good idea?

Tom Rogan · September 19, 2017 6:46 pm

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Tuesday said that President Trump must first decertify the Iran deal before Congress makes any changes to the legislation governing the agreement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Tom Cotton: Trump must decertify Iran deal before Congress makes changes

Philip Klein · September 19, 2017 6:35 pm

Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest condemned President Trump's speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, saying it lacked a "coherent strategy." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

Former WH press secretary Josh Earnest: Trump’s UN speech lacked a ‘coherent strategy’

Melissa Quinn · September 19, 2017 6:01 pm

"Maybe the question of negotiation is to extend it to permanency," Bush said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

National Security

Jeb Bush: Renegotiate the Iran deal and make it permanent

Joel Gehrke · September 19, 2017 5:57 pm

Trump sounds like he won't certify Iran's nuclear deal compliance come the next deadline on Oct.15. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Beltway Confidential

At the UN, Trump signals likely US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal

Tom Rogan · September 19, 2017 5:40 pm

"In relates to NATO, look, here's a place where the rhetoric actually has been helpful," Bush said during a foreign policy discussion hosted by United Against Nuclear Iran. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeb Bush: Trump’s NATO slams were ‘helpful’ to US

Joel Gehrke · September 19, 2017 4:55 pm

The best way to strengthen ties with a nation that is ruled by a tyrannical regime is by reaching out to the people, not the rulers. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Beltway Confidential

You can’t win over the Iranian people by supporting the Iran nuclear deal

Washington Examiner · September 19, 2017 3:51 pm

Trump spared no ire in confronting the efforts of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to acquire an intercontinental ballistic missile plus nuclear warhead capability. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s UN speech was a grand slam

Tom Rogan · September 19, 2017 2:59 pm

President Trump signaled he is close to ending the Iran nuclear agreement by saying the deal is an "embarrassment to the United States." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signals end of Iran nuclear deal by calling it an ’embarrassment’ in UN speech

Melissa Quinn · September 19, 2017 2:58 pm

The Nuclear Deal Is Only Half of It

Lee Smith · September 19, 2017 9:02 am

In this April 17, 2016 file photo, a long-range S-300 missile system is displayed by Iran's army during a parade marking National Army Day, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Why Iran’s nuclear program is a greater threat than North Korea’s

Shahriar Kia · September 19, 2017 4:01 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned U.S. officials that there will be a "high cost" to pay if President Trump fulfills his promise to undo the nuclear deal. He said pulling out of the Obama-era agreement would "decrease and chip away at international trust placed in the United States of America." (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

National Security

Iranian president warns Trump: US will pay ‘high cost’ if nuclear deal is undone

Gabby Morrongiello · September 18, 2017 7:39 pm