His comments come days after House Speaker John Boehner announced that Netanyahu will address Congress in March, two weeks ahead of an Israeli electiona move that caught President Barack Obama’s administration by surprise.
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Netanyahu is expected to lobby Congress to approve tough new sanctions on Iran. Obama has opposed those sanctions, saying he needs more time to hash out a deal to end Iran’s nuclear program and that new sanctions would put those talks at risk.
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“It’s bad statecraft, it’s bad politics, and I think it’s going to put a real damper on what traditionally is the head-of-state to head-of-state relationship that governs foreign policy — and it will for some time,” Huntsman said.
But Obama’s push for extra time to negotiate a deal with Iran has drawn criticism, as well — including from Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who said Obama’s talking points sound like they come “straight out of Tehran.”
