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Playing Politics on Iran - NYTimes editorial board

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BOENER is a disgrace, and this political posturing is an outrage! Says the NY Times: "Lawmakers have every right to disagree with presidents; so do foreign leaders. But THIS event, to be staged in March a mile from the White House, is A H OSTILE ATTEMPT to lobby Congress to enact more sanctions against Iran, a measure that Mr. Obama has rightly threatened to veto. There is no doubt that Mr. Obama will maintain America's security commitments to Israel, whatever the tensions over the Iran issue. But this event is bound to further harm a bilateral relationship that has endured a lot of battering over the past six years. The White House has said that, understandably, Mr. Obama will not meet with Mr. Netanyahu when he is in town. Even Mr. Kerry,is losing patience with Mr. Netanyahu's decision to "play politics,"
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