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Watch Live: Obama Sells Nuclear Deal With Iran

The president delivers a major address about the nuclear agreement with Iran.

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President Barack Obama will deliver a major address this morning that will reportedly describe the debate over the nuclear deal with Iran as the most significant American foreign-policy debate since the authorization of the Iraq invasion. The address represents a major component of Obama's effort to secure public and congressional support for the accord, which will likely go down in history as one of the president's signature foreign-policy achievements.

President Barack Obama will deliver a major address this morning that will reportedly describe the debate over the nuclear deal with Iran as the most significant American foreign-policy debate since the authorization of the Iraq invasion. The address represents a major component of Obama’s effort to secure public and congressional support for the accord, which will likely go down in history as one of the president’s signature foreign-policy achievements.

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