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Sen. Michael Bennetap support for the Iran nuclear agreement should be a major boost to his re-election, not a detriment. The deal is the most significant nuclear non-proliferation agreement of this century, reducing the risk others in the region, notably Saudi Arabia, will seek their own nuclear weapons, and lessening the risk of nuclear conflict in the most volatile region of the world. Through intense on-site monitoring and verification, the International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed Iran has complied with the provisions of the agreement: 97 percent of its enriched uranium stockpile has been eliminated; 13,000 centrifuges used to enrich uranium have been eliminated; and its plutonium-producing reactor has been removed and destroyed. Overall, Iran’s ability to develop and deploy a nuclear weapon has been severely diminished.
Those critical of the Iran deal and Bennetap vote for it have proposed no credible alternative that would have achieved the same laudable results. Kudos to Senator Bennet for making the Middle East and world a safer place.
Ronald L. Rudolph, Golden
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