by Jasmin Ramsey Iran today began implementing its end of the historic bargain made in Geneva on Nov. 24 under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The “Joint Plan of Action” requires the Islamic Republic to halt… Continue Reading
by Jim Lobe via IPS News In what looks to be a clear victory — at least for now — for President Barack Obama, a major effort by the Israel lobby and its most powerful constituent, the American Israel Public… Continue Reading
by Jim Lobe Tuesday’s floor speech by Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein could bury AIPAC’s hopes of winning passage of what I have called the Kirk-Menendez Wag the Dog Act of 2013…at least for the next month or so.… Continue Reading
by Jim Lobe Ed Levine, an arms control specialist who worked for both Republican and Democratic senators for 20 years on the Intelligence Committee and another ten on the Foreign Relations Committee, has written a detailed and devastating analysis of… Continue Reading
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2014 Statement by the President on the Implementation of the First Step Agreement on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program Today’s agreement to implement the Joint… Continue Reading