Interim deal on Iran splits Congress on new sanctions

26.11.2013                      23.Kislew.5774

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Interim deal on Iran splits Congress on new sanctions

Hawks shift rhetoric on Iran deal, apparently giving Obama administration space to breathe.

They want to brandish a new stick against Iran, but hawks in Congress aren’t going to use it — yet.
For all the disappointment they expressed following the deal on Iran’s nuclear program, skeptics in Congress appear to be willing to give the agreement brokered by the Obama administration space to breathe — albeit with tough new punitive measures in place should Iran fail to live up to its end of the bargain….