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‘Biden's put national security at risk': GOP lawmaker slams president after three of his team negotiating with Iran on nuclear deal RESIGN
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Republican Rep. Michael Waltz praised the negotiators who have stepped back for 'recognizing when diplomacy is getting too desperate'

  • Waltz has had his own experience in the Middle East as an Army Green Beret

  • State Department official confirmed Tuesday that Richard Nephew stood down

  • He was U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Iran and known as sanctions architect

  • Nephew, who wanted Biden to take a harder stance against Iran, has reportedly been avoiding the meetings in Vienna since December

  • At the same time, reports emerged that two other negotiators had left

  • It comes at a critical time in negotiations between the West and Tehran

  • Iran has rejected talk of an interim agreement and wants a legal guarantee that the U.S. will not walk away from the nuclear deal

  • It also won't negotiate directly with the US, with European intermediaries

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-26
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