In his opening comments to the Senate Armed Services Committee, committee chairman Sen. John McCain warns Wednesday that the Iran nuclear deal could endanger US military members’ lives.
“The Iran agreement not only paves Iran’s path to nuclear capability, it will pave Iran’s path toward becoming a dominant power in the Middle East,” McCain says during his opening statement to the committee during a hearing on the Iran deal.
Secretary of State John Kerry, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey are all testifying before the committee today as part of the administration’s attempts to sell the deal to Congress.
“Instead of enhancing our deterrence in Iran, it seems to enhance Iran’s deterrence of us,” McCain warns, adding that should the two states find themselves in conflict, “US service members’ lives are more at risk because of this agreement.”
— Rebecca Shimoni-Stoil
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