U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Has Trouble Explaining Why There Is No Political Consensus For The Iranian Nuclear Deal

National Journal: John Kerry, Avoiding Iran Deal Victory Lap, Stays on Defense

In a speech Wednesday after the administration secured a crucial Senate vote, the secretary of State continued to decry a now-unlikely rejection.

The Obama ad­min­is­tra­tion just got what it needed to en­sure the health of the Ir­an nuc­le­ar deal, but John Kerry isn’t tak­ing a vic­tory lap.

In a hour-long speech Wed­nes­day morn­ing, Kerry be­trayed none of the con­fid­ence the ad­min­is­tra­tion was likely feel­ing after se­cur­ing its cru­cial 34th Sen­ate vote in sup­port of the agree­ment.

Call­ing Con­gress’s up­com­ing vote on the deal one of the most im­port­ant for­eign policy de­cisions in re­cent his­tory, Kerry said any re­jec­tion of this agree­ment would show a lack of strength on the part of the Amer­ic­an people.

WNU Editor: There is no Republican support for this treaty, and even many Democrats are reluctant to support it. As I have mentioned in previous posts .... this is the first time that I have seen an important piece of U.S. legislation pertaining to a very important and critical foreign policy issue be implemented even though it is supported by only a minority in Congress .... and only from one party.