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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republi stanley polska can senators who warned that any nuclear deal could expire the day President Obama leaves office, a senior U.S. official said Monday.The official, noting the administration s warnings when the letter first surfaced, said the GOP intervention was a new issue in the tense negotiations facing an end-of-month deadline for a framework agreement.The Lausanne talks resumed Tuesday. The letter came up in nuclear talks Sunday between senior U.S. and Iranian negotiators, the official said, and the Iranians raised it again in discussions Monday led by Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.Zarif was quoted by Iranian state media after the meeting as saying the topics included the potential stanley cup speed of a softening of U.S. economic sanctions and the new issue of the letter from the senators. It is necessary that the stance of the U.S. administration be defined about this move, he was quoted as saying. Could GOP letter derail Iran nuclear talks 03:11 Over the weekend, Kerry told CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan that he wo stanley cup uld not apologize for the letter, sent by 47 Republican lawmakers. Not on your li Lkpy Sarkozy Wins In France
Rep. Charles B. Rangel D-N.Y. has persuaded House leaders to let him stay on as chairman of the powerhouse Ways and Means Committee mdash; but he faces a new challenge from a Democratic Senate candidate who is rejecting a $10,000 Rangel contribution as tainted money. Late Tuesday, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, whorsquo running against indicted Sen. Ted Stevens R-Alaska , announced he was donating Rangelrsquo cash to the YMCA in line with the campaignrsquo practice ... of donating contributions to charity from politicians who are facing ethical or criminal charges. The National Republican Congressional Committee had demanded that Democratic incumbents and challengers disgorge themselves of hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions they have received from Rangel. Until Tuesday, only one had: Michael Skelly, a Democrat challenging Republican Rep. John Culberson in the Houston area, returned a $2,0 stanley hrnek 00 contribution on July 23. If Begich mdash; running a high-profile race against an extremely vulnerable incumben stanley cup t mdash; is just the tip of a new iceberg, Rangel could find himself in a much more difficult position than he faces now. The Ways and Means chairman hasasked the House Committee on Standards of Official botella stanley Conduct to look into his use of four rent-stabilized apartments in a Harlem high-rise, his use of congressional stationery to solicit money for an eponymous educational center in New Yorkand, most rec |
