Menendez: ‘If Iran Is To Acquire a Nuclear Bomb, It Will Not Have My Name on It’

Menendez Opposes Nuclear Deal: ‘If Iran Is to Acquire a Nuclear Bomb, It Will Not Have My Name On It’ (The Washington Free Beacon)

Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) announced his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal in a speech Tuesday, saying that “if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it.”

In an address at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, Menendez laid out a comprehensive case against the accord, citing national security concerns, failure to limit Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, a poor verification regime and the sanctions relief bestowed upon the world’s foremost sponsor of terrorism.

“I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it,” Menendez said. “It is for these reasons that I will vote to disapprove the agreement and, if called upon, would vote to override a veto.”