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Week ahead: Iran back in the congressional spotlight

A look at the Middle East issues Congress will be addressing the week of June 9.
U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Michael Rogers (L) and Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) (R) appear at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington March 11, 2014. The hearing is for Rogers' nomination to be director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command. Rogers and Kirk were high school classmates in Chicago.  REUTERS/Gary Cameron  (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) - RTR3GLRD

The House and Senate are back in session next week, and lawmakers in both chambers plan to use the dwindling time before the July 20 deadline for a nuclear deal to hammer the Barack Obama administration on its negotiations with Iran.

The House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees are both holding hearings on Iran next week, as Al-Monitor first reported June 4.

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