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To: SmoothSail who wrote (466803)	1/23/2012 11:59:26 AM
From: DMaA	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793731

Short of lobbing a bomb into the beltway there is no more effective way to express their contempt for Mr. Obama (and us) than this: Since then, Iranian officials have been revealing the contents of President Obama’s letter

To: SmoothSail who wrote (466803)	1/23/2012 12:27:41 PM
From: Brumar89	6 Recommendations Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 793731

Sheesh. The Senate votes 100-0 FOR tough sanctions on Iran and Obama sends a mealy-mouthed secret letter to them apologizing for it. And the Iranians express their contempt by revealing the letter. How pathetic. What side is Obama on???? Doesn't get much more bipartisan than 100-0. Obama said that “I didn’t want to impose sanctions on your central bank, but I had no options but to approve it since a Congress majority had approved the decision.” Last month, the Obama administration pressed key Democrats on the defense bill conference committee to get their colleagues to water down the strong sanctions language against Iran, which passed the Senate by a 100-0 vote as part of the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill. The administration, threatening a veto, managed to delay the implementation of sanctions and penalties from 60 to 180 days in the final draft, also allowing the president to waive those penalties for national security reasons or if it would harm the global economy.