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ds itself caught in a two-front negotiation, needing to overcome deep skepticism and a backdrop of troubled relations not only with Tehran but with Capitol Hill. As Congress plays its customary `bad cop' role in support of a satisfactory nuclear deal by proposing still tighter sanctions—the one factor Wash
on some major issues relevant to negotiations in the Middle East. The commander of the elite Qods Force atop the Revolutionary Guards organization, Qassem Suleimani, is leading the effort in Syria to train and resupply Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in defense of the Assad regime—a vital interest to the Tehran reg
ut the ayatollah is not about to make irreversible decisions in exchange for six months of relief. The White House is thus stuck between Tehran and Capitol Hill. And it can't live long with the current stalemate. After all, Obama has said that "containment" is not an option. He is hoping that the combinatio
if there is ever going to be a compromise on its nuclear programme. Maybe Egypt could help. Both Egypt and Iran have denied a report that General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Quds force, a division of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the man responsible for Iran's military operations
But the ayatollah is not about to make irreversible decisions in exchange for six months of relief. The White House is thus stuck between Tehran and Capitol Hill. And it can't live long with the current stalemate. After all, Obama has said that "containment" is not an option. He is hoping that the combination
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027107 →an if there is ever going to be a compromise on its nuclear programme. Maybe Egypt could help. Both Egypt and Iran have denied a report that General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Quds force, a division of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the man responsible for Iran's military operations in
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Barack Obama
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Joe Biden
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George W. Bush
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United States
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White House
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Marc Rich
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Yemen
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
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Damascus
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David Cameron
PERSONDaphne Wallace
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Cairo
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Baghdad
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European Union
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al-Qaeda
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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