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Friday, July 17, 2015

100-Plus Former U.S. Ambassadors Applaud Iran Deal



100-Plus Former U.S. Ambassadors Applaud Iran Deal

by Jim Lobe
As the controversy over the Iran deal heats up—and it’s going to get a lot hotter, especially come September—more than 100 former U.S. ambassadors have signed on to a letter drafted by The Iran Project applauding what they characterized as a “landmark agreement” and urging its support by Congress. Signatories included former Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, Daniel Kurtzer (ambassador to Israel and Egypt), one-time neoconservative heartthrob Ryan Crocker (ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Syria), Frank Wisner (former ambassador to India, Egypt, the Philippines, and Zambia and under secretary of defense for international security affairs), and Thomas Pickering (former under secretary of state for political affairs and ambassador to Israel, Russia, India, and the United Nations). The letter was released on the same day that former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright also spoke out in favor of the deal.
Here is the letter and the list of signatories:http://www.lobelog.com/100-plus-former-u-s-ambassadors-applaud-iran-deal/#more-30102

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