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Mr. Obama, for his part, will no longer be able to rely on Democratic leaders in the Senate to bottle up legislation that would require new sanctions. "I don't think Congress is going to sit still," said Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who has been highly critical of the effort. "There is a fear the administration is being played for time, and there will be a desire to express that in some form of sanctions bill."
Mr. Kerry declined to say if President Obama would veto such an effort, saying he was already talking to his former colleagues in Congress. But his negotiating team is already arguing for time for the negotiations to play out, arguing that Iran has far less capability now than it did a year ago, before the interim accord, called the "Joint Plan of Action," required it to blend down its most potent nuclear fuel — closest to bomb grade -- and to halt the installation of new centrifuges.
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