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Romney urges congressional up-or-down vote on any Iran deal; secretary warns breakout time "down to a matter of weeks"
Summary
Sen. Mitt Romney urged the administration to send any Iran nuclear deal to Congress for an up-or-down vote and argued that a strong, costly response is needed. The secretary replied that the previous agreement had extended breakout time to about a year and that, after the U.S. withdrawal, Iran—an produce fissile material in a matter of weeks.
Senator Mitt Romney pressed the administration to take a firm stance on Iran nd to seek congressional approval of any agreement, saying Tehran appears "hell bent on having a nuclear weapon" and that the U.S. should make clear the cost of pursuing one.
"I happen to believe that that Iran will be hell bent on having a nuclear weapon at some point," Romney said, urging that…
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