memeorandum: Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Program (The White House)

1:35 PM ET, November 24, 2013

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Abject Surrender by the United States — Negotiations for an “interim” arrangement over Iran's nuclear weapons program finally succeeded this past weekend, as Security Council foreign ministers (plus Germany) flew to Geneva to meet their Iranian counterpart.

Discussion: Power Line, Israel Matzav and his vorpal sword

Washington Post:

Iran, world powers reach historic nuclear deal — GENEVA — Iran and six major powers agreed early Sunday on an historic deal that freezes key parts of Iran's nuclear program in exchange for temporary relief on some economic sanctions, diplomats confirmed. — The deal was reached …

MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:

Sec. John Kerry: ‘No Daylight’ Between Israel, U.S. on Goal for Iran Nuclear Program — Following a historic deal on Iran's nuclear program brokered overnight in Geneva, Secretary of State John Kerry sought to temper concerns expressed by Israel over the agreement, saying in an interview on …

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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:

Iran's top officials hail nuclear deal as beginning of new era — TEHRAN — Iran's top officials on Sunday welcomed the initial agreement struck with world powers over its nuclear activities, hailing the deal as the beginning of a new era for the Islamic republic, both in its relations …

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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:

Accord Reached With Iran to Halt Nuclear Program — GENEVA — The United States and five other world powers announced a landmark accord Sunday morning that would temporarily freeze Iran's nuclear program and lay the foundation for a more sweeping agreement.

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Reuters:

Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal is ‘historic mistake’ — Bennett: “Israel does not see itself as bound by this bad, this very bad agreement that has been signed.” — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu characterized the agreement signed with Iran early Sunday morning as a historic mistake.

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The White House:

Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Program — The P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China, facilitated by the European Union) has been engaged in serious and substantive negotiations with Iran with the goal …

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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama's Very Personal Deal With Iran

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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
We Have a Deal With Iran. A Good One.

Discussion: White House.gov Blog

CNN:
Israeli PM Netanyahu: Iran nuclear deal ‘historic mistake’

Discussion: Politico and Washington Free Beacon

Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israeli Leaders Decry Geneva Accord

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Associated Press:
Obama: Iran deal ‘an important first step’

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Associated Press:
Key figures in the secret U.S.-Iranian nuclear talks: — UNITED STATES

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Kerry: Israel is safer under new deal

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Indira A.R. Lakshmanan / Bloomberg:
Iran to Reap $7 Billion in Sanctions Relief Under Accord

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Reuters:
Six powers clinch breakthrough deal curbing Iran's nuclear activity

Discussion: Jihad Watch

CNN: Obama: Iran nuclear deal limits ability to create nuclear weapons

CBS News:
Nuclear deal reached between Iran, 6 powers

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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:

Filibuster change clears path for Obama climate regs crackdown — Green groups might be the biggest winners from Senate Democrats' decision to gut the minority party's filibuster rights on nominations. — Their top priority — President Obama's second-term regulations on climate change …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

The Hill:

Filibuster faces terminal decline — The gradual diminishment of the filibuster is inevitable now that Democrats have set off the “nuclear option,” experts say, and that could have much broader ramifications down the line. — “From here on in, the filibuster is likely to be eroded …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Eric Posner / Slate:
Centrists Should Mourn the Demise of the Filibuster

Discussion: Althouse

Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

In rural Kentucky, health-care debate takes back seat as the long-uninsured line up — | in BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. — On the campaign trail, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was still blasting the new health-care law as unsalvageable. At the White House, President Obama …

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Amy Davidson / New Yorker:

HEAL THYSELF — Last Tuesday, at a forum put together by the Wall Street Journal, President Barack Obama told a group of C.E.O.s that he was relatively sure that healthcare.gov would be “functioning for the majority of people who are using it” by November 30th, two months after its disastrous launch.

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New York Post:

Al Sharpton condemns ‘knockout’ attacks — Rev. Al Sharpton condemned “knockout” attacks Saturday but stopped short of calling for marches against the brutal hate crimes. — “This kind of behavior is deplorable and must be condemned by all us,” he said at his weekly National Action Network meeting in Harlem.

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