Hawaii Dem senator backs Iran deal
Source: The Hill
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is supporting the Iran nuclear deal, becoming the 17th Democratic senator to do so publicly and getting President Obama halfway to the 34 senators needed to implement the agreement.
“Iran must never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, and that is why I support this agreement. This is the best possible way to deny Iran from acquiring the bomb. It is what is best for the United States, Israel, and peace in the region," Schatz said in a statement on Monday.
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“This agreement should not be compared to an imaginary deal where Iran rolled over, and eliminated all its centrifuges and all peaceful nuclear energy generation. That was never seriously on the table," he said.
"It should be compared to its real world alternative—an unraveling of the international sanctions, Iran moving ever faster towards the bomb, and our country left with few choices other than another war in the Middle East.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/250704-hawaii-dem-senator-supports-iran-deal
Halfway there to defeating the bipartisan War Party on this. 17 real Democrats down, 17 real Democrats to go in the Senate.
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