Trump Looks Set to Start Blowing Up the Iran Deal

If Trump pursues this strategy, he will be going against his own secretary of defense, James Mattis, who told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was in the national security interest of the U.S. He will also be going...

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Published inForeign Policy in Focus p. N_A
Main Author Clifton, Eli
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Inter-Hemispheric Resource Center Press 10.10.2017
Subjects
Agreements
Compliance
Dunford, Joseph
International relations
Legislatures
Mattis, James
National security
Negotiations
Netanyahu, Benjamin
Political parties
Presidents
Trump, Donald J
Iran
United States > US
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Summary:If Trump pursues this strategy, he will be going against his own secretary of defense, James Mattis, who told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was in the national security interest of the U.S. He will also be going against the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, who told the committee in a written statement last month that "The briefings I have received indicate that Iran is adhering to its JCPOA obligations." Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former national adviser, Uzi Arad, has urged the White House and Congress not to abandon the JCPOA. The Post credits Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) with this "fix it or nix it" approach to U.S. compliance with the JCPOA.
ISSN:1524-1939