Obama Threatens To Veto Bill That Lets Congress Review Iran Deal

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about post traumatic stress disorder before signing into law the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, named for Clay Hunt, which calls for evaluation of... President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about post traumatic stress disorder before signing into law the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, named for Clay Hunt, which calls for evaluation of existing Veterans Affairs mental health and suicide prevention programs and expands the reach of these programs for veterans, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at the White House in Washington. The bill is named for Clay Hunt of Texas, a Marine Corps combat veteran who struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and who killed himself in March 2011 at the age of 28. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) MORE LESS
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President Obama on Saturday threatened to veto an Iran bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators on Friday.

The bill would require the White House to submit the nuclear agreement with Iran within five days of reaching the deal. It would also keep Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran for 60 days after the deal is reached.

“The President has been clear that now is not the time for Congress to pass additional legislation on Iran,” National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said on Saturday in a statement to The Hill. “If this bill is sent to the President, he will veto it. We are in the final weeks of an international negotiation. We should give our negotiators the best chance of success, rather than complicating their efforts.”

The United States, Russia, China, France, Germany, Britain and Iran must reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear program by March 24.

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