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Obama’s Camp David Agenda: GCC Public Support for Iran Deal at a Steep Cost

The number one agenda item when President Obama meets with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders in Washington and Camp David later this month is to ensure that there will be public support for a final P5+1 deal with Iran.  And Obama is prepared to pay a high price for this support.

While the Administration is well-aware of GCC concerns about the pending final nuclear deal with Iran, the President needs to convince the Gulf Arab leaders to maintain a public posture of support for the negotiations, without which opponents in the US Congress and elsewhere will have a further cause for trying to block an agreement, if it is reached by the June 30 deadline.  One Washington official candidly admitted that it would be a disaster for Obama if the GCC countries take a public stand against the deal, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did, in an address before a joint session of the US Congress in early March.http://mebriefing.com/?p=1665&utm_source=MEB+VOL+-+II_+Issue+75+Subscribers+Campaign+of+May+02+2015&utm_campaign=VOL+II+-+Issue+75&utm_medium=email