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Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/02/top-house-lawmakers-raise-concern-on-iran-nuke-access/
Strong House Majority Raises Concerns on Iran Nuke Access
(Wall Street Journal) Michael R. Crittenden - Four-fifths of the U.S. House of Representatives - 354 members, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) - signed a letter sent Wednesday to Secretary of State John Kerry demanding greater transparency from Iran over its nuclear program. "An agreement that effectively prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability demands transparency on the extensive research and development work that Iran has undertaken in the past," the lawmakers wrote. "Accurate predictions of the period of time needed by Iran to assemble a weapon and assessments of Iran's compliance cannot be made without highly reliable information obtained from an unrestricted inspection and verification regime." "Iran has to believe that the military option is not off the table, and two, that further economic sanctions are likely if an agreement is not reached," Mr. Hoyer said.