Trump Seeks Cabinet Backing for Iran Deal as GOP Critics Object

President Donald Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday to advance negotiations aimed at ending the war with Iran. The talks remain incomplete, and several Republican senators have criticized the emerging terms.

Under the proposal, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Details on how the uranium would be transferred or diluted would be settled during a later 60-day period, according to two regional officials and one senior Trump administration official.

A U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports would stay in place until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed.

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” Sen. ” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., opposed any deal that would leave Iran perceived as dominant in the region.

““If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime — still run by Islamists who chant ‘death to America’ — now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake.” — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., defended the approach, writing that “war virtually always ends with negotiations.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said no president has been stronger against Iran than Trump and that a nuclear-armed Iran “is not going to happen.” The war began on Feb. 28 when the United States and Israel attacked Iran. It has cost U.S. taxpayers at least $29 billion and resulted in the deaths of 13 service members.”