US announces nuke deal implementation team

Outgoing ambassador to Poland Stephen Mull, a former senior adviser to William Burns, will lead the team coordinating the Iran nuclear deal implementation. US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Jarrett Blanc will serve as deputy coordinator.
130730-D-NI589-235 Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia Pacific Security Affairs Peter Lavoy, right, and State Department Deputy to the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Jarrett Blanc brief the press on a report titled, "Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan," in the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on July 30, 2013. DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett. (Released)
State Department Deputy to the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Jarrett Blanc (L) and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia Pacific Security Affairs Peter Lavoy brief the press at the Pentagon, July 30, 2013. - Department of Defense/Glenn Fawcett
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The Obama administration on Sept. 17 officially named outgoing US Ambassador to Poland Stephen D. Mull the lead coordinator for Iran nuclear implementation, as a congressional deadline to block the deal ran out with no disapproval measure ever reaching President Barack Obama’s desk.

“I have always said that, as important as it was to negotiate the nuclear deal with Iran, implementing it was going to be even more crucial in meeting our national security objectives,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement announcing Mull’s appointment.

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