Not now guys, Obama has to work on his brackets
Via JPost
A significant majority of US Senate members have now signed a letter to US President Barack Obama outlining terms of a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program that they would find acceptable.
82 senators – 41 Democrats and 41 Republicans – say they hope diplomatic efforts succeed in Vienna with Iran over the next four months – but also call for the “rapid and dramatic” expansion of sanctions if negotiations fail.
The letter began circulating less than two weeks ago, and has attracted 76 signatories since its release. Senate aides tell The Jerusalem Post the letter will be sent to the White House early this week.
A source with a pro-Israel organization characterized the letter’s message as “a very significant statement of Senate policy in that it specifies the core principles in final agreement.”
World powers are attempting to reach a comprehensive solution to the longstanding nuclear crisis with Iran, now over a decade old, through peaceful means. The United States has recently bolstered its staff for the negotiations, which the president and Secretary of State John Kerry consider the “best chance” at resolving the crisis.
Support for the letter has been a top priority of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee since its annual policy conference earlier this month.
“We believe that Iran has no inherent right to enrichment under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” the letter reads. “We believe any agreement must dismantle Iran’s nuclear weapons program and prevent it from ever having a uranium or plutonium path to a nuclear bomb.”