16.04.2015 - 06:16 [ Mondo Weiss ]

Obama got Senate to reject ‘two of Netanyahu’s demands’ on Iran (but the ‘NYT’ won’t touch that angle)

What happened yesterday in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? The committee voted to subject the Iran deal to congressional oversight: the White House cannot lift sanctions for 30 days following the signing of a deal, in which time Congress gets to review. And the Obama administration signed off on the measure– because it could have been a lot worse.