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McConnell accuses Obama of planning to make 'very bad deal' with Iran

Iran Press TV

Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:49PM

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has accused President Barack Obama of planning to sign a "very bad" nuclear agreement with Iran.

"The Obama administration is on the cusp of entering into a very bad deal with" Iran, the Kentucky Republican told CNN on Sunday.

Obama is "about to make what we believe is a very bad deal. He clearly doesn't want Congress involved at all. And we're worried about it,' he added.

'The president would like to keep us out of it. We know that,' McConnell claimed.'All of this is a distraction away from the point here.'

McConnell also defended the Republican senators' letter to Iran and said it was not 'unprecedented' after President Obama called it unprecedented.

A group of 47 Republican senators said in the letter that Obama's possible nuclear agreement with Iran is a "mere executive agreement" that could be revoked "with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."

On Saturday, the White House warned the Senate to stop interfering in nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group -- the US, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany.

In a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough warned senators to hold back on legislation that would require Congress approve any deal with Iran.

The bill would 'likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations," McDonough wrote, adding it would differentiate "the US position from our allies in negotiations" and bring into question "our ability to negotiate this deal."

Meanwhile, former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton on Saturday attacked Obama over his policies regarding Iran.

Speaking at the South Carolina National Security Action Summit in West Columbia, SC, the potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate said the US president is negotiating "an unprecedented act of surrender" with Iran.

"This deal is fundamentally flawed," he said. "The gravest threat to our national security sits in the Oval Office."

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