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(26,363 posts)Here's the scope...thanks niyad for the reminder of cotton's traitorous actions...somehow I didn't think cotton became president somehow...
The open letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran signed by 47 senators and instigated by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) was a stunning breach of protocol. ... Wash. Post.
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Mondays open letter from 47 GOP senators marked an unusually public and aggressive attempt to undermine Obama and five world powers as negotiators try to strike an initial deal by the end of March to limit Irans nuclear programs.
Republicans say a deal would be insufficient and unenforceable, and they have made a series of proposals to undercut or block it from requiring Senate say-so on any agreement to ordering new penalty sanctions against Iran or even making a pre-emptive declaration of war.
Exec. Branch is resp. for foreign relations. Tom Cotton on his own, wrote the letter to Iran, warning of of dire consequences etc., ignoring Barak Obama's authority as president at the time...