Clinton: Republican letter to Iran undermines US leadership
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Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday sought to turn a letter from Senate Republicans about nuclear negotiations with Iran into a litmus test in the 2016 campaign, saying that no one hoping to become the US commander in chief should sign it.
Clinton castigated the Republican letter to Iranian leaders for the second time in two days. Her first comments on it during a news conference at the United Nations were overshadowed by questions about her use of a private email account while she served as secretary of state. She is the leading but unannounced contender for the Democratic party presidential nomination.
"GOP letter to Iranian clerics undermines American leadership," Clinton wrote in a message posted on her Twitter account, using the shorthand initials for the Republicans. "No one considering running for commander in chief should be signing on."
The letter to Iranian leaders warned that unless Congress approved it, any nuclear deal they cut with President Barack Obama could expire once he leaves office. The letter could serve as a source of division in the upcoming presidential campaign: Democrats have assailed it as an attempt to undercut Obama at the negotiating table while Republicans have warned that a deal could lead to a nuclear-armed Iran.
