Officials from the state an Energy Department where i capitol hill today to testify on the nuclear deal with iran. The hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee focused on october 2015 testing of two Ballistic Missile by iran and the u. S. Ability to enforce keeper visions of the agreement. This is two and half hour. Would like to thank our witnesses for being here. We know senators that are here at the moment, others will be joining. This hearing is the first Public Meeting the committee has held as we began overseeing the implementation of the iran deal. I would like to underscore the importance that we play some oversight efforts. In many ways i think that is the strongest element of the firebrand review act. We intend to hold another hearing in january after the administration submits the 180 day report, as required by the iran review act. F third, if implementation day occurs. Im sure there are more to follow after that and we will work with that and well work with th
It in no way diminishes, as as i said the task of counter proliferation, of preventing acquisition of technology. I look forward to addressing any concerns or questions you have about these two central roles in my bureau. Or any other topic. Thank you thank you again for this opportunity. Thank you very much. Thank you chairman corker, Ranking Member, and Ranking Members of the committee. It is a great honor to testify before this committee and to have the opportunity to discuss the role of the department of energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration play, and will continue to play in support of the u. S. Governments actions to implement the jcp oa. As my colleagues from the state department have already stated, the jcp oa ensures that Irans Nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. It provides unprecedented verification measures, it constrains Irans Nuclear program and a manner that gives us ample time to respond if iran chooses to violate its terms and it takes, of our op
The Obama Administration's engagement policy toward Iran has failed to defuse the nuclear standoff. Instead, Iran has continued to conceal and lie about its nuclear weapons program in an attempt to stall until it can present the world with a nuclear fait accompli. A nuclear-armed Iran not only will have a dramatically increased ability to threaten its neighbors and U.S. interests, but will also trigger a destabilizing nuclear arms race in the already volatile Middle East. The Administration's best option is to press both its allies and the U.N. Security Council to impose the strongest possible sanctions on Iran to increase the costs to Iran of continuing its nuclear weapons program.
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