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Nuclear development and Middle East stability.

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President Obama says Iran's nuclear program has been halted, but a final settlement seems far in the future.

Senate Republicans and some Democrats

want tougher sanctions to increase the pressure, but Obama has threatened a veto. House Speaker

Boehner has injected Israel into the mix by inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress

while he's running for re-election. Are domestic politics in all three countries

threatening diplomacy with nuclear weapons at stake?

Today's talking point, President Obama rekindles an old fight over oil drilling

in a pristine wilderness.

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