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Pounding his fist on the dais and pleading with the audience, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet defended his vote on President Obamas nuclear accord with Iran on Saturday, saying the alternative is no deal at all. Bennet, one of 42 Democrats who voted last week against a U.S. Senate resolution denouncing the accord to end Irans nuclear program in exchange ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some of the most strident opponents of the nuclear accord with Iran are invoking memories of the Holocaust in an effort to defeat the agreement, arguing the deal could enhance Iran's ability to build a bomb, leading to the destruction of Israel. Those arguments, however, failed to sway two senators who grew up hearing stories ...