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pscot

(21,024 posts)
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 04:38 PM Aug 2015

Not fit to lead

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/07/iran_hearings_the_congressional_grilling_of_john_kerry_and_ernest_moniz.html

If Republicans win the White House next year, they’ll almost certainly control the entire federal government. Many of them, running for president or aspiring to leadership roles in Congress, are trying to block the nuclear deal with Iran. This would be a good time for these leaders to show that they’re ready for the responsibilities of national security and foreign policy. Instead, they’re showing the opposite. Over the past several days, congressional hearings on the deal have become a spectacle of dishonesty, incomprehension, and inability to cope with the challenges of a multilateral world.
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Not fit to lead (Original Post) pscot Aug 2015 OP
Definately a good read. Its interesting to see how the Congressional "record" can be manipulated to marble falls Aug 2015 #1

marble falls

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1. Definately a good read. Its interesting to see how the Congressional "record" can be manipulated to
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 08:13 AM
Aug 2015

misreport the proceedings. Great find, thanks for posting it.

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