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mocratic leader in the House. On Tuesday, the screens in the Washington convention center will light up with the Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who are likely to fault Mr. Obama as not doing enough to prevent Iran from getting a weapon. "Aipac is the spear

with the Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who are likely

he risks of a near-term Iraqi breakthrough were further undercut by the presence of French technicians at Osirak, as well as regular inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. As a result, any significant diversion of highly enriched uranium fuel or attempts to produce fissionable plutonium would probably have been detec

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ificantly lower the threshold for a U.S. military strike against Iran. You wouldn't know any of that from listening to the conventions, of course. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama appear determined to avoid serious debate. The GOP convention last week echoed with vague slogans about "American leadership" and

Iran's top leaders have decided to take the final steps toward a weapon. Iran's intentions remain unclear, intelligence officials say. Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported an increase in the number of centrifuges that Iran has installed in an underground enrichment plant that is largely invulnerable to Israel

, appear to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's consideration of a military strike. Despite this internal Israeli split, Republican candidate Mitt Romney has strongly endorsed Netanyahu and chided President Obama for taking an independent U.S. position, saying at a campaign rally Monday: "The preside

e bus was totally unacceptable. Him negotiating for Israel, our friend, totally unacceptable, in my view." Here's the situation in the negotiations Romney evidently dislikes: By the end of August, Catherine Ashton, the European diplomat who is the chief negotiator for the P5+1, will likely talk by pho

ress Israel's biggest concern and would surely interest U.S. officials. Mousavian also notes Iran's willingness to allow much wider inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into what are known as "possible military dimensions" of the Iranian nuclear program. This transparency proposal would allow the IAEA to mon

osition combined with Manchin's `no' vote would likely end Tanden's confirmation process." Politico (2/22, LeVine, Everett, 6.73M) says that without Romney or Collins "supporting her nomination, it's increasingly unlikely that Tanden will be confirmed." Politico points out that Tanden is "scheduled to

e terms of the deal announced Sunday, Iran would still end implementation of what is known as the Additional Protocol, which enforces monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but would continue to EFTA00148070 allow what Rafael Grossi, the agency's head, called 'necessary monitoring and verification' of Iran's