IRAN Menendez, AIPAC no longer pushing for a vote on sanctions bill Manu Raju and Burgess Everett, Politico – February 6, 2014 In a major blow for supporters of S. 1881, a bill that would threaten new sanctions and endanger the ongoing diplomatic proce…

So far, the Obama Administration has succeeded in urging Democrats to oppose voting for the “Menendez-Kirk” Iran sanctions bill, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to “shelve” voting for the bill as of now. But dozens of Republicans are demanding Reid to allow a floor vote, apparently threatening to use “every parliamentary trick in the book to push…for a vote.”

CHEATING SCANDALS Navy’s nuclear reactor instructors cheated on certification exams Robert Burns, Associated Press – February 5, 2014 About a fifth of the instructors who train Navy officers to work with nuclear reactors are now under investigation fol…

More than 70 House Democrats have signed a letter to President Obama supporting the administration’s policy on negotiations as opposed to sanctions.

IRAN Kerry and Zarif discuss nuclear deal one-on-one Steven Erlanger, The New York Times – February 2, 2014 While at the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met for over an hour to…