Ukraine

President Obama has been opposed to sanctions against Iran since the beginning. These were all initiated and passed by the congress. One of the most stringent was passed in 2011 by a vote of 100 to 0 in the senate. Recently The President indicated in a speech that Iran coming to the most recent agreement with Secretary of State John Kerry was because of the sanctions. The speech gave the impression that the administration had been the moving force behind these sanctions. This is misleading at best and a lie at worst. The interesting thing is that no one in the new brings this up and most people are not aware. The President often uses this tactic where programs are initiated by congress and depending on how they turn out determines how the administration reacts to them. We are now watching the situation in the Ukraine and it will be interesting to see who takes charge. Will it be the White House or the congress?