White House acknowledges 'side' deals between Iran, IAEA

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Source: The Hill

National Security Adviser Susan Rice on Wednesday acknowledged the existence of so-called “side” agreements between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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Republicans have been demanding to see the Iran-IAEA agreements and have criticized the administration for not yet making the public.

“That we are only now discovering that parts of this dangerous agreement are being kept secret begs the question of what other elements may also be secret and entirely free from public scrutiny,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said in a statement.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/248856-white-house-acknowledges-side-deals-between-iran-iaea

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1. Iran, IAEA Have ‘No Secret Deals’ Amid Iran Nuclear Agreement - State Dep't

http://sputniknews.com/politics/20150723/1024943829.html

Iran, IAEA Have ‘No Secret Deals’ Amid Iran Nuclear Agreement - State Dep't

04:55 23.07.2015

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have no secret agreements between them, State Department spokesperson John Kirby said in a press briefing.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) —

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“There (are) no side deals… no secret deals between Iran and IAEA that the P5+1 has not been briefed on in detail,” Kirby stated on Wednesday.

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Kirby’s statements come in response to the demands by US Senator Tom Cotton and Congressman Mike Pompeo for the Obama administration to fully disclose the arrangements between Iran and the IAEA as part of the Iran nuclear deal. The lawmakers claim that there are secret side deals between Tehran and the IAEA.

“Congress has what we have. What’s being asked for here are IAEA documents or material that is not in our possession,” Kirby asserted.

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10. Sounds like "The Hill" is getting their talking points from Cotton

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2. BENGHAZI!!!!! Cotton is a knownothing @sshat.

Moniz: Test results back up assurances on Iran deal

But Moniz, President Barack Obama’s salesman-in-chief on the agreement’s technical aspects, says Energy Department specialists conducted experiments to gauge how hard it would be to detect the radioactive residue left behind. The result, he said, was that three weeks wouldn’t be enough time for Iran to be sure it had covered its tracks — by a large margin.

“It is essentially impossible, certainly with confidence, to believe that you’re going to do this kind of work with nuclear materials and be confident at having it cleaned it up,” Moniz, who helped negotiate the agreement alongside Secretary of State John Kerry, said in an interview with POLITICO before meeting with lawmakers about the pact. He said the experiments involved “very limited quantities” of uranium, and that DOE “unsuccessfully probed the limits of trying to clean it up.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/moniz-test-results-back-up-assurances-on-iran-deal-120507.html

[MBS]

14. worse - he's an AGGRESSIVE, arrogant know-nothing @sshat. n/t

[Kali]

3. time for bed

I read that as "White House acknowledges 'side' deals between Iran, IKEA.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. Hey Tom - we don't much like warmongers....

nor feigned indignations....All in good time cupcake....just like we have to wait for info re the TPP...that you have had an opportunity to review....just wait...like the rest of us...don't forget..you put your pants on onel eg at a time just the rest of us...chill!!!!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. Speak for yourself

There are hundreds of thousands who love war, so long as they or their children don't have to fit in them. You can recognize them by those silly hats with tea bags that they still have in the closet.

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5. Republicans call on Obama to reveal 'side deals' in Iran nuke agreement

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/22/republicans-call-on-obama-to-reveal-side-deals-in-iran-nuke-agreement/

Republicans call on Obama to reveal 'side deals' in Iran nuke agreement
Published July 22, 2015

Key Republicans called on President Obama Wednesday to reveal two secret “side deals” contained within the Iran nuclear agreement, deals that, as it stands, members of Congress and the public will not be able to review.

In a letter to President Obama, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, joined with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner to request that two side agreements made with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran be made available to Congress so that they can be reviewed.

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The letter comes after Pompeo and Cotton announced Tuesday that, when visiting Vienna, they learned from the IAEA that there were two “side deals” between Iran and the IAEA, that will remain secret from Congress and from the public.

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Pompeo asked Secretary of State John Kerry about the secret deals in a briefing Wednesday and said afterwards that Kerry “confirmed that there were in fact side deals and himself had not seen the agreement.”

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7. Why are you EXCLUSIVELY pushing the RW attacks on this deal?

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8. I'm not - I've been posting all sides.

edit to add: here's an interview with Kerry I posted earlier today:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016128320

Here's Iran's top negotiator, also posted earlier today by me:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141153423

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11. When people post RW material a comment usually accompanies it. FOX, Jennifer Rubin,

and other RW sources deserve accompanying comments if you're going to post their propaganda.

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6. Iran deal at risk: Key senators demand secret annexes

"Under the terms of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, the clock does not start running on Congress’s 60 days to review the deal until all the agreement “and all related materials and annexes” associated with the deal are turned over."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/07/22/iran-deal-at-risk-key-senators-demand-secret-annexes/

Iran deal at risk: Key senators demand secret annexes
By Jennifer Rubin July 22 at 9:00 AM

In a written statement released by two prominent Republicans yesterday, we learned:

Congressman Mike Pompeo (KS-04) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on Friday had a meeting in Vienna with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), during which the agency conveyed to the lawmakers that two side deals made between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the IAEA as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will remain secret and will not be shared with other nations, with Congress, or with the public. One agreement covers the inspection of the Parchin military complex, and the second details how the IAEA and Iran will resolve outstanding issues on possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program.

A spokesperson for Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman and co-sponsor of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act — this morning tells Right Turn, “Senators Corker and [Ben] Cardin sent a private letter to Secretary [John] Kerry requesting two additional documents associated with the Iran nuclear agreement that were left out of the materials required to be submitted to Congress per the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act that the president signed into law.”

Under the terms of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, the clock does not start running on Congress’s 60 days to review the deal until all the agreement “and all related materials and annexes” associated with the deal are turned over. A central purpose of the bill, as its co-sponsors often declared, was to ensure that Congress got the entire deal. Without the bill, the president — just as he is attempting to do now — would never be compelled to reveal what he had promised the Iranians. A summary of the bill stated, “The bill requires the president to submit to Congress the agreement and all related documents, including specifics on verification and compliance. This ensures Congress will get to see the entire deal and make an independent judgment on its merits.” On the floor of the Senate on May 11, Corker urged his colleagues to pass the bill, stating unambiguously that “it ensures transparency. The bill requires the president to submit to Congress the text and all details of any nuclear agreement with Iran, if one is reached.” The president signed off and now appears poised to ignore it.

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9. Rubin is a great choice for commentary - Republican warmonger. One of BibizGirlz.

Great money in it, too, for those who further the propaganda.

I hear 50 million will be spent in the next few weeks. Line up for that cash.

Republicans And Iran Deal Opponents Are Funded By The Same Mega-Donors

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12. "no secret deals between Iran and IAEA that the P5+1 has not been briefed on in detail"

If you understand English - he just said there "are" secret deals. Not secret to Iran, IAEA, or the P5+1, but secret to everyone else. Isn't that what people are complaining about? I am for the deal because there really aren't any better options, but they better very quickly test the inspection regime and if Iran starts playing games... send Tom Cotton over there to straighten them out!

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15. Susan Rice is not a good spokes person for the administration

She always seem to make the Administration look bad every time she opens her mouth in a interview

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16. I think she's just way too honest at times

She needs some training and practice at answering questions without actually saying anything.