Tag: Israel

Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to Israel and Saudi Arabia next week. (AP Photo)

National Security

Carter to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to discuss Iran deal

Tara Copp · July 16, 2015 2:17 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on the Iran talks deal Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Most Americans are ‘very concerned’ about Iran’s nuclear program

Daniel Chaitin · July 16, 2015 1:12 pm

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah appears as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, before a House Financial Services committee hearing on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mia Love on Obama’s ‘incredibly scary’ Iran nuke deal

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 10:39 pm

Â In this March 2, 2015 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

AIPAC to Congress: Reject the Iran deal

Philip Klein · July 15, 2015 8:12 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at his Jerusalem office on Tuesday, July 14, 2015.Â Netanyahu on Wednesday continued his campaign against the Iran nuclear deal, and specifically criticized President Obama for insisting that the deal would prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.Â (AP Photo/Oren Ben Hakoon)

Netanyahu: Iran now has two paths to a nuclear bomb

Kelly Cohen · July 15, 2015 4:58 pm

Former Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) (L) co-chair of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, speaks about Iran while flanked by former CIA Director, retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden (C), and former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns (R) during a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill July 14, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the implications of a nuclear agreement with Iran. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

National Security

Iran wins ‘get out of jail free’ card with nuke deal

Charles Hoskinson · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

Mary Rezaian, right, mother of detained Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, speaks with the media as Jason's wife Yeganeh Salehi listens after a hearing in Jason's trial at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2015. The third session of the closed-door trial of journalist Rezaian, who has been detained in an Iranian prison for nearly a year, was held Monday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

National Security

Iran deal offers no answers for detained Washington Post editor

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Tuesday phone call that the accord reached between six world powers and Iran will prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and that the U.S. stands ready to defend Israel. (AP file)

Obama promises Netanyahu vigilance against Iranian terrorism

Nicole Duran · July 14, 2015 7:12 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a joint news conference with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini at the Vienna International Center on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Media sharply split over Iran nuke deal

Becket Adams · July 14, 2015 7:11 pm

Hillary Clinton speaks to the media after a conference of foreign ministers in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 1, 2012. While serving as Obama's secretary of state, Clinton and Obama worked together to build the coalition and sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table. (AP Photo)

Hillary Clinton faces a dilemma on Iran deal

Ariel Cohen · July 14, 2015 5:36 pm

Workers prepare the stage before for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2015 Policy Conference, March 2, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

National Security

Pro-Israel group ‘deeply concerned’ about Iran deal

Kelly Cohen · July 14, 2015 2:38 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the emerging Iran nuclear deal an enormous mistake that is the result of western powers caving into Iran's demands. (AP Photo)

Netanyahu: Iran deal a ‘historic mistake’

Kelly Cohen, Pete Kasperowicz · July 14, 2015 10:24 am