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    The Deal May Be Done, but the Grandstanding Continues

    Efforts to stop the Iran nuclear deal appear to have failed in the Senate, and leaders of Congress have postponed action on the "Resolution of Disapproval." But the opposition won't go away, and today's debate is a measure of how difficult future diplomacy will be for President Obama and his successor.

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    By Warren Olney • Sep 9, 2015 • 34m Listen

    Efforts to stop the Iran nuclear deal appear to have failed in the Senate, and leaders of Congress have postponed action on the "Resolution of Disapproval." But the opposition won't go away, and today's debate is a measure of how difficult future diplomacy will be for President Obama and his successor. While Hillary Clinton was supporting the deal this morning, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were still rallying opposition. Collin Powell, Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin are being heard from on different sides of the issue. We look at the rhetoric and the reality.

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    If the Iran Accord Goes Through, What Happens Next?
    1. 1:35Seattle Teachers Strike on First Day of School
    2. 8:37The Deal May Be Done, but the Grandstanding ContinuesYou’re reading this
    3. 42:57Long Live the Queen
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Christine Detz

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      James Jeffrey

      Washington Institute

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      Joseph Cirincione

      Ploughshares Fund

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      Robin Wright

      contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a joint fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    If the Iran Accord Goes Through, What Happens Next?
    1. 1:35Seattle Teachers Strike on First Day of School
    2. 8:37The Deal May Be Done, but the Grandstanding ContinuesYou’re reading this
    3. 42:57Long Live the Queen
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