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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-charles-schumer-announces-opposition-to-nuclear-pact-with-iran/2015/08/06/dd493986-3caf-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html

Sen. Charles Schumer Announces Opposition to Nuclear Pact with Iran

(Washington Post) Paul Kane - The likely next leader of Senate Democrats, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.), announced his opposition Thursday to President Obama's nuclear pact with Iran. Schumer said his three-week reading of the proposal left him unconvinced. "There is a strong case that we are better off without an agreement than with one," he said. "Supporters argue that after ten years, a future president would be in no weaker a position than we are today to prevent Iran from racing to the bomb. That argument discounts the current sanctions regime. After fifteen years of relief from sanctions, Iran would be stronger financially and better able to advance a robust nuclear program."

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