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ent about the conference or their strategy. But Mr. Block and other former Aipac officials said that, as in previous years, the group would blanket Capitol Hill with its members — all of whom will carry a message about the Iranian nuclear threat. They will be pushing on an open door. Democrats and Republican

eling capabilities. Israeli jets would then have to circumvent Iranian air defenses and drop hundreds of precision-guided munitions on the hardened Natanz enrichment facility, the Fordow enrichment site deep in a mountain near Q(n, the Isfahan uranium-conversion facility, the heavy-water production pl

n plant and plutonium reactor under construction at Arak, and multiple centrifuge production facilities in and around populated areas of Tehran and Natanz. These same aircraft would not be able to reengage any missed targets — they would need to race back to defend Israel against retaliation by Iran a

tributed the latest spike in coronavirus cases to increased testing, Assistant HHS Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir on Thursday "testified on Capitol Hill that's only partly true." Giroir: "There is no question that the more testing you get, the more you will uncover, but we do believe this is a real i

" Spokesman: Fire At Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility Caused Significant Damage. Reuters (7/5, Hafezi) reports a fire last week at Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility "caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium, an Iranian nuclear offi

rgman, 18.61M) reports that a "Middle Eastern intelligence official with knowledge of the episode said Israel was responsible for the attack on the Natanz nuclear complex on Thursday, using a powerful bomb. A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who was briefed on the matter also said an ex

n Committee, told The Cable. "I'm willing to listen but I think that asking Congress to weaken and diminish current sanctions is not hospitable on Capitol Hill." "I'd say no," said Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) when asked if he'd accept a presidential plea to lift sanctions. "They've got a long way to go to demon

't building redundant enrichment facilities. There is a chance, of course, that EFTA00663304 Iran already has secret nuclear facilities (both the Natanz facility and the Fordo facility were carefully hidden from prying eyes for several years before they were discovered), so redundancy might be an in

ee that the Arak reactor is not functional. Fordow would be closed, and all Iranian nuclear EFTA00663298 activity would have to be carried out at Natanz. Last, the transformation to fuel rods would be done outside of Iran to ensure that the Iranians won't ever be able to use the enriched uranium for

GOP Convention "Because Of The Virus Situation." The Washington Post (7/6, Sonmez, 14.2M) reports Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) has become the first Capitol Hill Republican to announce he will skip this year's party convention due to coronavirus concerns. The 86-year-old Grassley told reporters, "I'm not goin

ted it was behind a massive fire at an Iranian nuclear site last week." To the AP, "If Israel was responsible for the fire at the heavily fortified Natanz facility, it would mark another in a series of daring strikes against Iran's nuclear program attributed to Israel, while also risking Iranian retali

shington, Douglass Commonwealth - in honor of Frederick Douglass, the Black emancipation and civil rights leader - while leaving the National Mall, Capitol Hill, the White House and some other federal property under congressional control." The Washington Post (4/22, Flynn, 10.52M) reports that the bill, "sy

) reports that a new IAEA report says Iran "has reduced the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to up to 60% purity at an above-ground plant at Natanz to one cluster from two." The announcement "complicated the current indirect talks with the United States on rescuing its nuclear deal with major p

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

2 kilos of uranium enriched to 20%, which is close to bomb- grade. Last month, Iran declared that it would install 3,000 advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility, which can enrich uranium at two to three times its current rate. As for the sanctions, they may hurt ordinary Iranians but this regime is

r grid, our security systems, our financial systems." IN March the White House invited all the members of the Senate to a classified simulation on Capitol Hill demonstrating what might happen if a dedicated hacker — or an enemy state — decided to turn off the lights in New York City. In the simulation, a w

w weapon, dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That was deliberate overstatement, of course: the United States crashed a few hundred centrifuges at Natanz, it did not vaporize the place. But his point that we are entering a new era in cyberattacks is one the administration itself is trying to make as

232 kilos of uranium enriched to 20%, which is close to bomb-grade. Last month, Iran declared that it would install 3,000 advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility, which can enrich uranium at two to three times its current rate. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027103 --- PAGE BREAK --- As for the sanctions, they ma

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