Washington – Chief U.S. Negotiator In Iran Talks To Leave State Department

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    File: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry embraces Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 24, 2013. (Photo Credit: U.S. State Department)Washington – The Obama administration’s lead nuclear negotiator is leaving her post this summer, by which point the U.S. hopes to have reached an accord with Iran.

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    State Department officials say undersecretary Wendy Sherman will leave when nuclear talks are complete. Negotiators are hoping to clinch a deal with Iran by June 30.

    Sherman has led much of the technical discussions in Europe with Iranian officials over the last two years. During her tenure the U.S. and Iran reached an interim agreement in November 2013 and a framework pact in April.

    Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called Sherman a “critical” member of his team, hailing her “tenacity and skill.”

    Sherman’s upcoming departure was reported first by The New York Times.


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    dullradiance
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    dullradiance
    8 years ago

    Sherman was instrumental in negotiations related to North Korea’s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs. In 1994 she brokered an Agreed Framework under which, North Korea agreed to freeze and dismantle its nuclear weapons program.

    Do you believe North Korea has a nuclear weapon?

    honestbroker
    honestbroker
    8 years ago

    Wendy Sherman is a disgrace. She enabled North Korea to go nuclear and is now doing the same for Iran.

    8 years ago

    She’s no doubt running away so she won’t be blamed when the disastrous results of the deal become revealed and Iran gets the bomb,

    Shimon
    Shimon
    8 years ago

    An over-hyped social worker who became politically connected.
    This is a person negotiating our security?