memeorandum: Exclusive: Burns led secret US back channel to Iran (Laura Rozen/The Back Channel)

4:50 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: BuzzFeed, Israel Matzav, his vorpal sword, Business Insider, Power Line and The Mahablog

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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Fred Kaplan / Slate:

We Have a Deal With Iran. A Good One. — It's everything Obama hoped to achieve in Geneva. — The Iranian nuclear deal struck Saturday night is a triumph. It contains nothing that any American, Israeli, or Arab skeptic could reasonably protest. Had George W. Bush negotiated this deal …

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

Obama's Very Personal Deal With Iran — Did he finally earn that Nobel? — T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool / Getty Images — A little more than four years ago, the Norwegian Nobel Committee embarrassed President Barack Obama with an unearned Peace Prize. — The announcement praised him for having …

Discussion: Liberaland

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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Schumer ‘Disappointed’ With Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday he is “disappointed” with the nuclear deal reached Saturday between the U.S. and Iran — “I am disappointed by the terms of the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 nations because it does not seem proportional …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Weekly Standard

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.

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Liberaland, The Gateway Pundit and Blazing Cat Fur

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 …

Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Early skepticism, caution on nuclear deal

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Laura Rozen / The Back Channel:
Exclusive: Burns led secret US back channel to Iran

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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Schumer: Iran wins in nuclear agreement

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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Accord Reached With Iran to Halt Nuclear Program

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

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

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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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch

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

Discussion: Politico

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

Discussion: Business Insider and Post Politics

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

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The White House:
Statement By The President On First Step Agreement On Iran's Nuclear Program

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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
A Look at US-Iran Ties Leading up to Nuclear Pact

Discussion: Politico

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

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: Politico

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 …

Discussion: The Impolitic, Washington Monthly, Corrente, Hullabaloo and Prairie Weather

John Harwood / New York Times:

Don't Dare Call the Health Law ‘Redistribution’ — WASHINGTON — Rebecca M. Blank was a top candidate in 2011 to lead President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, but then the White House turned up something politically dangerous. — “A commitment to economic justice necessarily implies …

Discussion: Althouse and National Review

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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