Sen. Corker stated that he was still reviewing the agreement, but was starting “in a very skeptical place.” He questioned how the P5+1 and the European Union went from a goal of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program to coming to an agreement that would be “an industrialization of their nuclear program.” He stated that the agreement was a “far cry from where we began.” Sen. Corker said he felt the U.S. had substantial leverage going into the negotiations, but ended up with a deal that “we have to be defensive about.”
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