Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan made an appearance on Fox News to discuss a letter sent Monday to leaders in Iran.
APRN: U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is among 47 Republican senators who signed a letter to Iran’s leadership Monday. The letter is intended to scuttle President Obama’s negotiations for a deal to halt Iran’s nuclear program. It warns Iran that the next president could reverse any deal that’s not approved by Congress.
Greta Van Susteren on Fox News, told Sullivan the letter “looks bad,” like the Republican senators are making an end-run around the president “to our enemies.”
Sen. Sullivan: “Well it’s not end-running to the Iranians. What’s going on here is that you’ve seen – the president obviously is telling the Iranians and John Kerry is telling the Iranians that Congress doesn’t need to be involved.
Greta Van Susteren: "And I think he's wrong."
Sen. Sullivan: “And I think he’s wrong, too. And what we were doing is we were trying to enlighten the Iranian leadership on what happens if Congress is not involved.”
The White House says the letter is an attempt to push the U.S. into another military conflict. Alaska’s senior senator, Lisa Murkowski, is one of seven Republicans in the Senate who did not sign the letter.
They include Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker. He says he’s focused instead on gathering a veto-proof majority for a bill ensuring Congress has final say on an Iran deal.