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Archives: Barack Obama
They’re Baaack! Neoconservatives, Netanyahu, and the GOP set up US-Iran War of 2017
By David Bromwich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) “We’re going to push and push until some larger force makes us stop.” David Addington, the legal adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, made that…
Momentum growing for Iran Deal: Obama Wins Over Jewish Democrat Nadler
Wochit News | (video News Report) | - - "President Barack Obama seeking to reassure a Democratic congressman who represents the most Jewish district in the nation calls the nuclear agreement negotiated…
No, AP, Iran doesn’t get to Inspect its own Nuclear Facilities under Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Eminent Iran and security expert Gary Sick pointed out in an email late Wednesday that the Associated Press just ran a shamefully inaccurate…
Despite Sordid Past, Nuclear Deal can Repair US-Iran Relations: An open letter to Congress and the White House
Francis A. Mlynarczyk, Jr. and Walter M. Cadette | (Informed Comment)| - - Washington has an opportunity to repair its tattered relations with Iran. The opportunity is there on the premise that…
Straws in the Wind: Obama has likely already won re: Iran Deal
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | - - Republicans have derided President Obama as weak and incompetent for years. Summer 2015 is shaping up to be pay-back time. As President Obama…
Trump: My Iran Deal would be 100x Better, I’d Make World Obey
CNN | (New Day Video Report) | - - "Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks to CNN's New Day about the nuclear agreement with Iran." CNN: "Donald Trump: My Iran nuclear deal…
Why is the GOP listening to Netanyahu on Iran? They just hate Obama & anything he does
Hamid Zangeneh | (Informed Comment) | - - We have been bombarded with a great deal of punch and counterpunch with regard to the nuclear deal reached between Iran and 5+1 countries.…
Don’t Sit Tight: Congress Can Still Tank the Iran Deal
By Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Lawmakers need to hear from their constituents who support diplomacy over war. Members of Congress are fleeing Washington’s…
Obama Says Netanyahu’s Interference in American Politics “Unprecedented”
By IMEMC | - - US President Barack Obama, in an interview with CNN, said that Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s interference in American politics is "unprecedented", especially following the Iran deal.…
Senior Iranian Official Reveals Details About Secret Talks With U.S.
By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/ RL) | - - "When Rohani learned about the details of the talks, he couldn’t believe it," says Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's head of its Atomic Energy…
Can Obama’s CO2 reductions set pace at Paris world Climate Congress?
By Nora Happel | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of his Clean Power Plan (CPP), a comprehensive…
Iran Deal: Can Schumer still succeed Reid after taking Netanyahu’s side against his Party Leader?
Wochit News | (Video report) | - - "New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, is breaking with President Barack Obama and will oppose the Iran nuclear deal. Schumer…
Obama: Opponents of Iran Deal are Warmongers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Lame duck Obama pulls no punches. In his major address Wednesday on the Vienna deal reached with Iran, Obama let his critics have…
Top 5 Ways Obama’s ‘All of the Above’ Politics led to Sanders & Trump
By Juan Cole - (Informed Comment) - It is said that one of the things President Obama wanted to talk to comedian Jon Stewart about was his occasional cynicism. "Obama scolded him…
Ted Cruz: “Obama Is Funding Terrorists via Iran Deal!” (Forgets Reagan, Cheney)
Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | - - "Mitt Romney may be the only major Republican not running for President right now, but that’s not going…
Morgan Freeman drops F-Bomb to explain why Iran Deal prevents A-Bomb
Huffington Post | (Video by Morgan Freeman and other Stars) | - - "Allow Jack Black, Morgan Freeman and Queen Noor to explain how important the Iran Nuclear Deal is.." The Huffington…
Iran Deal: The Calculus of Power in the Mideast just Changed Forever
By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Don't sweat the details of the July nuclear accord between the United States and Iran. What matters is that the calculus of power…
Obama Walks Fine Line in Kenya on LGBTI Rights
By Aruna Dutt | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 2015 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in Nairobi at the end of a two-day visit Saturday,…