The Republican-controlled US Senate is taking new measures against Iran as part of attempts to undermine a seven-nation nuclear deal, backed by the administration of President Barack Obama. Among them is an amendment by New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte to use a wide-ranging defense policy bill to impose more sanctions on Tehran. Filed Wednesday,...

[caption id="attachment_107851" align="alignright" width="175"] The new Republican-controlled Congress wants to poison the nuclear talks with Iran, Jim W. Dean says.[/caption] THERE HAS been significant public debate about the recent letter I signed with 46 of my colleagues to the leaders of Iran. Citing the U.S. Constitution, the letter simply ...

[caption id="attachment_147540" align="alignright" width="140"] FILE - In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has invited Netanyahu to address Congress about Iran. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)[/caption] Senator ...

This morning, during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Republican Senator and rising party star Kelly Ayotte (NH) cited Iranian propaganda in explaining her opposition to President Obamas nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. I have not made up my mind, Ayotte began, before warning that Hagel has not expressed sufficient commitment to ...