Christie No Longer Holding Fire On Iran Nuclear Deal

Source: CBS News

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie has repeatedly assailed the Iranian nuclear agreement on the stump in recent months, building a specific, policy-heavy case against the deal, which will roll back the sanctions on Iran's economy in exchange for limits on the country's nuclear energy program.

The New Jersey governor has offered a variety of objections. He's argued the deal will jeopardize the security of Israel; he's warned that the deal is based on trusting the Iranians, suggesting the verification procedures in place to monitor the limits on their nuclear program aren't nearly strong enough, and he's criticized U.S. negotiators for not insisting on the release of American prisoners held in Iranian custody as a precondition of the deal.

Christie has amassed those objections and others to point to a simple conclusion: President Obama just isn't a good negotiator. "I wouldn't let this guy buy a car for me, let alone negotiate an arms deal with Iran," he said during a town hall in New Hampshire in July.

Perhaps most damning, Christie has contended, the president hasn't been honest in selling the deal to the public. "He lied to the American people," Christie told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in June. "He knows this is a bad deal."


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