From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

The deal is done, but the battle is just beginning.

Hello again, I'm Marvin Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

President Obama says the deal with Iran has made the world safer by stopping the spread

of nuclear weapons in the volatile Middle East.

Republicans agree with Israel's Netanyahu that the deal is a historic mistake, and some

Democrats are skeptical too. They worry that Iran can't be trusted, but the president invoked a phrase made famous by Ronald

Reagan. This deal is not built on trust. It is built on verification. We'll look at the details

and the prospects of a struggle with global significance between the White House and Congress.

Today's talking point, LGBT equality in military service and the Boy Scouts of America.

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Hello again. Warren Alney, back with To the Point.

Negotiators for Iran, the U.S., and 15 other powers, five other powers, were too tired to celebrate after 17 days of work in Vienna, which included missed deadlines that kept them up at night and kept the world waiting.

Soon after the deal was completed, President Obama addressed a nation from the White House

early this morning.

Because America negotiated from a position of strength and principle, we have stopped

the spread of nuclear weapons in this region.

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