Senator Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Rep. Pompeo, a Republican from Kansas (District 4), is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Mark Pompeo rates a -5 from the Arab American Association for his strong support of Israel. Tom Cotton is continually targeted by the Obamathons for his cogent criticism…..rsk
For those of us who are elected officials, few votes will be more consequential than whether to approve or disapprove the nuclear agreement President Obama has reached with Iran. Yet the president expects Congress to cast this vote without the administration’s fully disclosing the contents of the deal to the American people. This is unacceptable and plainly violates the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act—a law the president signed only weeks ago.
During a recent trip to Vienna to meet with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the organization charged with verifying Iran’s compliance, we learned that certain elements of this deal are—and will remain—secret. According to the IAEA, those involved with the negotiations, including the Obama administration, agreed to allow Iran to forge the secret side deals with the IAEA on two issues.