MESOP TODAY’S HEADLINE : THE GRAND OBAMA / MULLAH DEAL (BEHIND THE SYRIAN / IRAQI CURTAIN)

Obama Sees an Iran Deal That Could Avoid Congress

David E. Sanger | New York Times – 21 – 10- 2014 No one knows if the Obama administration will manage in the next five weeks to strike what many in the White House consider the most important foreign policy deal of his presidency: an accord with Iran that would forestall its ability to make a nuclear weapon. But the White House has made one significant decision: If agreement is reached, President Obama will do everything in his power to avoid letting Congress vote on it.  www.mesop.de