Economics
Iran Deal’s Review in Senate to Open With Kerry, Moniz, Lew
Many Republican lawmakers already have denounced the accord as inadequate, and a number of Democrats have said they’re skeptical as well.
Ernest Moniz, U.S. energy secretary, listens to a question after a Bloomberg Television interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, April 20, 2015.
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President Barack Obama is dispatching three of his top lieutenants to pitch the Iran agreement to skeptical U.S. lawmakers, as Congress opens its review of a deal designed to keep the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Cabinet secretaries John Kerry, Ernest Moniz and Jacob J. Lew will testify next week before a key Senate committee on the seven-nation agreement, which has drawn objections from lawmakers from both parties. House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that the deal faces stiff opposition.