Friday, July 24, 2015

Senator to Kerry on Iran deal: ‘We’ve been fleeced’


WASHINGTON — The United States never intended to dismantle Iran’s entire nuclear program and the nation’s top diplomat never promised “anytime, anywhere inspections,” Secretary of State John Kerry told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing Thursday morning. Dismissing talk of a better deal to thwart Iran’s nuclear program as a “fantasy” involving “some sort of unicorn arrangement involving Iran’s complete capitulation,” the secretary was met by several highly skeptical critics, one of whom told him Iran had “fleeced” the US in the negotiations. (READ MORE)