[caption id="attachment_124791" align="alignright" width="251"] Obama and Netanyahu during the U.S. president's visit in Israel, March 20, 2013. Photo by Bloomberg[/caption] Former US congressman Jim Slattery says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus speech before both chambers of US Congress on March 3 is a blunder. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) ...

[caption id="attachment_151240" align="alignright" width="205"] Former US Congressman Jim Slattery[/caption] Imagine a positive relationship with Iran. Imagine what that might mean for the Middle East, former US Congressman Jim Slatterysaid on Mondayin remarks to the Atlantic Council here in Washington, DC. Slattery, who represented Kansas 2ndDistrict ...

[caption id="attachment_150444" align="alignright" width="203"] Jim Slattery, a former U.S. congressman from Kansas.[/caption] With little fanfare, another taboo in U.S.-Iran relations has shattered. Jim Slattery, a former six-term DemocraticCongressman from Kansas, late last year became the first former or current American legislator to visit the ...

[caption id="attachment_150444" align="alignright" width="199"] Jim Slattery, a former U.S. congressman from Kansas.[/caption] Jim Slattery who says it was first invited trip by a US lawmaker since 1979 says Iran could fall back under rule of hardliners without nuclear deal A former US congressman visited Iran in December, marking what he said ...

Former U.S. Congressman Jim Slattery became one of the only former elected U.S. officials to travel to Iran last month, where he came away from meetings with senior Iranian officials optimistic about prospects for reaching a nuclear deal that would enhance the interests of the United States and its allies, including Israel, he told Al-Monitor. I believe ...