Clinton: GOP Iran Letter Either Meant To Help Iranians Or Harm Obama

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to a crowd in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Liam Richards)
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed a group of Senate Republicans who signed a letter to Iran meant to undermine the Obama administration’s efforts to strike a deal on the country’s nuclear program.

“Either these senators were trying to be helpful to the Iranians or harmful to the commander in chief in the midst of high stakes international diplomacy,” Clinton said Tuesday at a press conference at the United Nations. “Either answer does discredit to the letter’s signatories.”

Clinton’s comments came a day after 47 Senate Republicans signed a letter to Iranian leaders saying a nuclear deal with the Obama administration would likely not last beyond Obama’s time in office. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) took the lead on the letter. It came as Obama officials are said to be nearing an agreement that would end economic sanctions on Iran if its nuclear program is halted.

“The president and his team are in the midst of intense negotiations. Their goal is a diplomatic solution that would close off Iran’s pathways to a nuclear bomb and give us unprecedented access and insight into Iran’s nuclear program,” Clinton said. “Now reasonable people can disagree about what exactly it will take to accomplish this objective and we all must judge any final agreement on its merits. But the recent letter from Republican senators was out of step with those traditions of American leadership.”

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  1. Avatar for lew lew says:

    Yep, something about Obama just drives the GOP to the point where they are willing to give aid and comfort to the enemy.

    Hmm, what is it about Obama? What could it be…what could it be? Probably his height?

  2. I didn’t know you could use so many words to say “Traitor.”

  3. Well, sure, Republicans are engaging in a reckless and possibly illegal act of sabotage, but it’s not like they did something truly serious and scandalous like sending their treasonous letter via an email address that doesn’t end in dot gov.
    Priorities, people!

  4. Well Iran has responded to the letter saying that its evidence that Iran cant trust the US. Nice one assholes…

  5. Borowitz Report today says “Iran offers to mediate talks between Republicans and Obama”:

    "…Tensions between these two historic enemies have been high in recent years, but we believe they are now at a boiling point,” Khamenei said. “As a result, Iran feels it must offer itself as a peacemaker.”

    He said that his nation was the “logical choice” to jumpstart negotiations between Obama and the Republicans because “it has become clear that both sides currently talk more to Iran than to each other.”

    He invited Obama and the Republicans to meet in Tehran to hash out their differences and called on world powers to force the two bitter foes to the bargaining table, adding, “It is time to stop the madness.”

    Hours after Iran made its offer, President Obama said that he was willing to meet with his congressional adversaries under the auspices of Tehran, but questioned whether “any deal reached with Republicans is worth the paper it’s written on.”

    For their part, the Republicans said they would only agree to talks if there were no preconditions, such as recognizing President Obama’s existence.

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