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April 6, 2015
Rep. Gary Palmer said the agreement announced last week related to limitations of Iran's nuclear program weakens America's position on the international stage and hurts U.S. allies.
The White House announced last week it had reached what it described as an "outline" of a program to curb Iran's nuclear programs in return for lifting of economic sanctions. The Obama administration has maintained the agreement would counter the expansion of Iran's nuclear efforts but critics said it cedes too much to a hostile country. Congressional Republicans, as well Israeli leaders, have blasted the plan.
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April 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer is deeply concerned about the announced ‘framework’ agreement concerning Iran’s nuclear program. Noting that Iran is the foremost state sponsor of terrorism in the world and that it is responsible for the deaths of many Americans, he issues the following statement:
“Iran’s drive to obtain nuclear capability is a serious problem and there is bipartisan concern about this grave threat. Although the deal has limited details, even those limited ones leave cause for concern. The framework, on its face, is far from the original purpose of the talks. Furthermore, I do not believe Iran intends to abide by any agreement it makes.
March 23, 2015
Just weeks after 47 Senators caused an uproar by warning Iranian leaders any deal inked with the Obama administration could be undone once the president leaves office, 367 Representative have written their own warning missive.
March 13, 2015
On Monday, March 2, US Representatives Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) issued statement in regards to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress and the impending Obama Administration deal with Iran on their nuclear ambitions.
March 6, 2015
WASHINGTON — While dozens of Democrats boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress Tuesday of this week, Alabama’s only Democrat in Congress, Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL7) chose to attend.
March 3, 2015
Richard Friedman, a former reporter for The Birmingham News who is now executive director of the Birmingham Jewish Federation, watched today's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress and offered the following real-time analysis on his blog.
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March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015
For Immediate Release
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer issued the following statement in regards to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress:
February 9, 2015
Many people around Alabama already knew Gary Palmer before he won the District 6 U.S. House seat in November. His work with the Alabama Policy Institute had him involved in politics for some time, but there is something different when you move from analyst to lawmaker.
We talked to him about that recently and got insight on working in D.C.
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