
The president, along with Secretary of State John Kerry and
National Security Adviser Susan Rice, met with key senators for two hours to
make their case on Iran.Presiden gelisah, apakah sanksi tambahan kepada Iran
bisa membuat Iran lebih lunak dalam meja negoisasi.
According to Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Obama asked lawmakers
to pause for "a period of time." Corker said he doesn't anticipate
Congress will act on Iran at least until after the Thanksgiving break.
But after the meeting, six senators wrote to Kerry urging
the administration not to accept any deal that would ease sanctions without
rolling back Iran's progress toward gaining a nuclear weapon.
"If we are reducing sanctions, Iran should be reducing
its nuclear capabilities," they wrote, specifically voicing concern that a
proposal would let Iran access frozen capital without making major concessions
in return.
Though critics have complained that the U.S. and its allies
could be giving up too much by easing certain sanctions in the interim, Carney
said the initial relief proposed is "limited, temporary and
reversible."
"I have no specific expectations with respect to the
negotiations in Geneva except that we will negotiate in good faith and we will
try to get a first-step agreement and hope that Iran will understand the
importance of coming there prepared to create a document that can prove to the
world that this is a peaceful program," he said.
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