Kerry calls for other nations to stick to Iran deal
Source: The Hill
Former Secretary of State John Kerry slammed President Trump's Friday announcement that the Iran nuclear deal was not in the national security interests in the U.S., calling on other nations to stick to the multilateral agreement.
"I strongly hope that the other six signatories will prove to the world what responsible behavior is, and adhere to this agreement no matter what false accusations and contrived provocations are put forward by President Trump," Kerry, who played an integral role in brokering the deal in 2015, said in a statement.
"Our allies and our Congress must not (correction: Kerry's statement said "now" ) act as the only adults left in the room with the power to protect our national interests. I served in the Senate for nearly 28-plus years. I can't imagine a more important moment than this one where cooler, wiser voices have had a bigger responsibility to put a policy back on track," he continued.
"That means rejecting the President's plan and the legislative maneuvers being contemplated that would unravel the agreement once and for all, leaving our allies to blame the United States, squandering our leadership and our leverage," he said.
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For the past couple weeks as all the rhetoric started ratcheting up, all I could think about was all the "shuttle diplomacy" and incredible effort that Kerry put into that agreement. Yet I heard nothing from him.
Glad he has surfaced! 
