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Kerry quietly seeking to salvage Iran deal he helped craft
Boston Globe ^ | 4 May 2018 | Matt Viser

Posted on 05/04/2018 3:28:12 PM PDT by Magnatron

John Kerry’s bid to save one of his most significant accomplishments as secretary of state took him to New York on a Sunday afternoon two weeks ago, where, more than a year after he left office, he engaged in some unusual shadow diplomacy with a top-ranking Iranian official.

He sat down at the United Nations with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to discuss ways of preserving the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear weapons program. It was the second time in about two months that the two had met to strategize over salvaging a deal they spent years negotiating during the Obama administration, according to a person briefed on the meetings.

With the Iran deal facing its gravest threat since it was signed in 2015, Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to preserve it, using his deep lists of contacts gleaned during his time as the top US diplomat to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside. President Trump, who has consistently criticized the pact and campaigned in 2016 on scuttling it, faces a May 12 deadline to decide whether to continue abiding by its terms.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201805; 20180512; collusion; deadline; hanoijohn; iran; irandeal; johnkerry; kerry; loganact; lurch; talkinghorse; tehranjohn; traitor
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To: Magnatron

Charge him, now. This yahoos need to be shown who is in charge and that we aren’t afraid of enforcing the law.


21 posted on 05/04/2018 3:56:05 PM PDT by Blogger (The causes are the left are never about caring about an issue. ItÂ’s always about power.)
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To: C210N; RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; righttackle44; ...

John Kerry should move to Iran.

Immediately and permanently.

That gives him the best chance of having a front-row seat when Ezekiel 38 happens.

He can get a Participant Trophy.


22 posted on 05/04/2018 3:57:42 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Magnatron

Has this ever been done before—where a former Sec. of State tries to block efforts of a new administration?!

He and his Iranian son-in-law must have a lot of $$$$$$ riding on this deal!


23 posted on 05/04/2018 3:59:28 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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To: Magnatron
His big ass narcissistic ego . . . a little thing like the Logan Act doesn't apply to John Kerry. He's JOHN KERRY!!!!! And it's HIS deal! /sarc (of course.)

God I can't stand these arrogant, seditious, liberals. I really wish there were serious repercussions. No respect for the rule of law. No respect for our country. Zero integrity.

Btw. I love your questions

Really?
On who’s behalf?

Exactly

24 posted on 05/04/2018 4:02:22 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Magnatron
[ Really?

On who’s behalf? ]

Offhand I'd say a particular person and his Iranian-born pal. At a minimum. At a very minimum.


25 posted on 05/04/2018 4:02:42 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Vic S

What is the Hatch Act? I’m aware of the Logan.


26 posted on 05/04/2018 4:03:41 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: OpusatFR

Logan act for sure but no one in our Judciary has the stones apparently to charge him.


Sessions will get right on it after the Mueller investigation concludes with criminal charges against DJT and after he returns from his undisclosed private tropical island get away.


27 posted on 05/04/2018 4:04:19 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: C210N

OMG! What a great cartoon!!! And so true!! Love the little baby with the dynamite vest. Just perfect!


28 posted on 05/04/2018 4:04:51 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: rbg81
Is Kerry working for the Iranians now?

He is still working for Obama who is working for the Iranians.

29 posted on 05/04/2018 4:06:27 PM PDT by Don Corleone ( lose the gun. save the cannolis.)
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To: Magnatron

John Kerry never does anything quietly.


30 posted on 05/04/2018 4:11:57 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: C210N

That’s it in a nutshell.


31 posted on 05/04/2018 4:14:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Don Corleone

yep


32 posted on 05/04/2018 4:16:10 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Magnatron

Charge and cuff him.


33 posted on 05/04/2018 4:16:52 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
"Logan Act?"

I thought the MSM was going to impeach President Trump for a so called Logan Act violation that occurred when he was President-elect.

34 posted on 05/04/2018 4:18:34 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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To: Carl Vehse
”Kerry should practicing what his brief words will be, following his trial and conviction, when he stands before the multitudes gathered to cheer as they watch him take that short drop and quick stop.”

I think we all know what his last words would be: “Did you know I was in Vietnam?”

35 posted on 05/04/2018 4:19:34 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: armourenthusiast

They were going for a record. First person convicted under the Logan Act.


36 posted on 05/04/2018 4:20:27 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: GOP Poet

My mistake.. The Hatch Act prevent Executive Branch employees other than the President and VP from engaging in political work.


37 posted on 05/04/2018 4:21:22 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: Magnatron

Isn’t a private citizen conducting diplomacy with a foreign power a criminal offense?


38 posted on 05/04/2018 4:23:22 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: Magnatron
"On who’s behalf?"

From the time he came back from meeting with North Vietnamese Communists at the Paris Peace Talks - to speak in Congress advocating their positions...

Till the time he went to meet with Nicaragua's Communist leader Ortega, taking his side against Ronald Reagan opposing their Communist takeover of all Central America..

And when it concerned every foreign enemy of America since, he's always spoken and acted in behalf of America's enemies.


39 posted on 05/04/2018 4:24:33 PM PDT by drpix
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To: Magnatron

Weren’t we repeatedly told this is a felony under the Logan Act?????

(Michael Flynn, et al.)


40 posted on 05/04/2018 4:25:27 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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