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WASHINGTON, May 9 – Following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced that he will host a town hall Monday night in the Capitol to examine the consequences of Trump’s decision.
Sanders will be joined by regional, security and nonproliferation experts to discuss how Trump’s decision will impact U.S. foreign policy in the short term and the long term.
They will discuss how after nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Trump’s decision to pull out of the deal moves the U.S. closer to yet another conflict in the Middle East. And at a time when the United States spends more on defense than the next 10 countries combined, Sanders and his panel will consider alternatives to the hawkish Washington foreign policy establishment that remains committed to never-ending military interventions.
“President Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal was the latest in a series of reckless decisions that move our country closer to conflict. After 17 years in Afghanistan and 15 years in Iraq, the American people do not want to be engaged in never-ending wars in the Middle East. I am deeply concerned that that is exactly where President Trump is heading with Iran,” Sanders said. “Real American leadership, and real American power, is not shown by our ability to blow things up, but by our ability to bring parties together, to forge international consensus around shared problems. I look forward to having this important conversation Monday night about the future of America’s role in the world.”
The event, titled "Breaking the Deal: The Aftermath of Trump’s Iran Decision,” follows previous town halls on inequality and Medicare for all that were watched online by millions of people around the country. Sanders will partner with The Intercept, The Guardian, NowThis, The Young Turks, Act.tv, MoveOn and other leading outlets for Monday’s event.
The town hall will be held in front of a live audience at the Capitol Visitor Center's Congressional Auditorium in Washington from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday night and live streamed across the partners’ social media channels.
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-to-host-town-hall-monday-on-iran-nuclear-deal-and-americas-role-in-the-world
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