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House Intel Committee Chairman worried about bad deal on Iran

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, says Congress should pass further sanctions on Iran.
Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) (C) speaks next to European Parliament leader of the Civil Liberties Committee Inquiry Claude Moraes (L) and German Member of the European Parliament and the current Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs Elmar Brok (R) about a closed door meeting on NSA surveillance on U.S. allies while on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

WASHINGTON  — The Republican Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence says that the current proposal presented by the P5+1 countries to Iran “gives too much too fast, and I think that we should vote for another round of sanctions.”

In an exclusive telephone interview with Al-Monitor, Rep. Mike Rogers, who represents Michigan’s eighth district, said he is worried that the current proposal, which includes some sanctions relief to Iran, has alienated members of Congress in both parties, as well as US allies Israel and Saudi Arabia.

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