Tag: Nuclear Weapons

"I would describe this as an announcement that was not particularly surprising to anyone here at the White House even if it was disappointing," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)Â

WH ‘disappointed but not surprised’ over Schumer’s opposition to Iran deal

Susan Crabtree · August 7, 2015 6:31 pm

MoveOn.org and other liberal groups have launched a fierce attack against Sen. Chuck Schumer's position against the Iran deal. (AP Photo) Â

Schumer attacked over opposition to Iran deal

Susan Crabtree · August 7, 2015 5:26 pm

"What I said is absolutely true, factually," Obama told CNN in an interview that will air in full on Sunday. (AP Photo)

Obama stands by comparison of GOP to Iranian hardliners

Susan Crabtree · August 7, 2015 1:02 pm

If the deal passes, by the time the next president takes office, most international sanctions against Iran will have been lifted. (AP photo)

National Security

Reversing Iran deal wouldn’t be easy for next president

Charles Hoskinson · August 7, 2015 4:30 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer will break with most of his party Friday by announcing his opposition to the nuclear agreement with Iran. (AP file)

Schumer announces opposition to Iran deal

Sarah Bedford · August 7, 2015 2:31 am

A huge expanse of ruins were left after the explosion of the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, in Hiroshima. (AP Photo)Â

Hiroshima at 70: In fog of war, let principle be the compass

Timothy P. Carney · August 6, 2015 7:43 pm

This handout image supplied by the IIPA (Iran International Photo Agency) shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. (Photo by IIPA via Getty Images)

WH dismisses report on Iran sanitizing nuke site days after inking deal

Susan Crabtree · August 6, 2015 6:57 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily briefing at the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WH doubles down on Obama remarks about GOP ‘common cause’ with Iran hardliners

Susan Crabtree · August 6, 2015 5:57 pm

Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on nuclear proliferation, Inspections, and nuclear constraints, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, August 4, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Corker: Obama trying to shut down Iran debate with name-calling

Susan Crabtree · August 6, 2015 5:16 pm

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National Security

Josh Earnest tries his hardest to spin President Obama’s ‘death to America’ comments

Becket Adams · August 6, 2015 5:04 pm

President Obama spoke about the nuclear deal with Iran, Wednesday, at American University in Washington. The president said the nuclear deal with Iran builds on the tradition of strong diplomacy that won the Cold War without firing any shots. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama gets in Twitter fights over Iran deal

Barbara Boland · August 6, 2015 2:55 pm

Yukiya Amano refused in a meeting with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday to provide copies of the roadmap and its annexes. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Senators denied key nuclear ‘roadmap’ for Iran deal

Charles Hoskinson · August 5, 2015 11:31 pm