Christie to lobby Booker on Iran, with billionaire Adelson's help

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Gov. Chris Christie, left, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, before their press conference in Annapolis July 15.
Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com


on August 25, 2015 at 7:45 AM


WASHINGTON — Gov. Chris Christie vowed last month to lobby U.S. Sen. Cory Booker to oppose an agreement curbing Iran's nuclear program for more than a decade in exchange for relaxing economic sanctions.

On Tuesday, he will do just that.

Christie, a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, is to appear at Rutgers University in New Brunswick to urge Booker (D-N.J.) and the two other undecided members of the New Jersey congressional delegation to oppose the deal championed by President Obama.

Scheduled to join Christie at the press conference are Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, founder of the World Values Network; Ben Chouake, president of the pro-Israel political action committee NORPAC; and Rabbi Shalom Baum of Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck, president of the Rabbinical Council of America, the group of Orthodox rabbis.

Both Boteach and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), one of only two Democratic senators so far to oppose the agreement, have received financial support from casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, chief executive of Las Vegas Sands and a strong supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who opposes the Iran deal.........................

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