Tim Kaine on Talks with Iran: Using Witkoff and Kushner ‘Doesn’t Make Sense,’ Rubio or Vance, ‘They Should Be Doing This’

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KAINE: "Senator Kaine: I wish the State Department hadn’t sacked other experts in the region. Using Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner doesn’t make sense. Marco Rubio or Vance make sense, they should be doing this. You need to get Iran back to the place they agreed to in 2015-2016, that they would never seek to acquire or develop nuclear weapons. They agreed to that, Donald Trump tore that up. You need to get them back to that and you need to get the Strait of Hormuz open. It was open before the war started on February 28th, but I think they have to be open to all. What happened is we announced the ceasefire, that needs to be extended, and that the strait would be open, and it was open briefly but President Trump continued to blockade Iranian ports read so Iran reclosed the strait. If they’re going to be open I think they have to be open to all. It is my hope that in the negotiations we would first agree to extend the ceasefire, then talk about this nuclear issue, and I think the U.S. has other issues on the table, too, about ballistic missiles or support for terrorism in the region. I think Iran will say you have assassinated our leaders, youth, have bomb civilian infrastructure, we want help rebuilding what you’ve helped destroy. That’s my hope."