Trump to make announcement on fate of Iran nuclear deal Friday 10/12/2017 6:32:49 PM President Trump is expected to announce his decision on the fate of the Iran nuclear deal in a speech on Friday, according to Republican lawmakers briefed by the administration ABC News, Oct 11, 2017  - White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster was on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening briefing top Republican lawmakers on the administration’s forthcoming announcement. Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told reporters of the planned Friday speech. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also been briefing key lawmakers on the administration’s plans for the agreement, and met with Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, today at the State Department, according to a congressional aide. As ABC News has previously reported, President Trump is expected to “decertify” the Iran nuclear deal forged by the Obama administration and declare tha...

Trump to make announcement on fate of Iran nuclear deal Friday 10/12/2017 6:32:49 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print President Trump is expected to announce his decision on the fate of the Iran nuclear deal in a speech on Friday, according to Republican lawmakers briefed by the administration ABC News, Oct 11, 2017  - White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster was on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening briefing top Republican lawmakers on the administration’s forthcoming announcement. Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told reporters of the planned Friday speech. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also been briefing key lawmakers on the administration’s plans for the agreement, and met with Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, today at the State Department, according to a congressional aide. As ABC News has previously reported, President Trump is expected to “decertify” the Iran nuclear deal forged ...

Trump prepares to wound Iran deal — and then save it  Donald Trump described the agreement as “catastrophic” and “the worst deal ever.” | Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images Trump’s team plans to work with Congress and European allies to apply new pressure on the Iranian regime, according to a strategy developed in an Iran policy review led by national security adviser H.R. McMaster. But the strategy assumes the nuclear deal will remain intact for now. The deliberations ahead of an Oct. 15 deadline to certify Iran’s compliance with the deal, a centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda, were described by a half-dozen sources inside and outside the administration who have participated in the internal debate. As a candidate, Trump described the agreement as “catastrophic” and “the worst deal ever.” But the strategy represents a   nuanced approach to one of the most important foreign policy decisions of his early presidency. The goal is to allow the p...

Defense Secretary Mattis suggests sticking with Iran nuclear deal U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Political and Security Situation in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S. October 3 2017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) OCT. 3, 2017  - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday the United States should consider staying in the Iran nuclear deal unless it were proven Tehran that was not abiding by the agreement or that it was not in the U.S. national interest to do so. Mattis said he supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s review of the agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Trump is weighing whether the deal serves U.S. security interests as he faces a mid-October deadline for certifying that Iran is complying with the pact, a decision that could sink an agreement strongly supported by the other powers that negotiated it. “If we can confirm that Iran is living by the agreement, if we...