Robert Joseph

“Iran operated about 4,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium at a plant near Natanz at the end of 2008.”

“Three years later, the IAEA reported that Iran’s enrichment capacity in Natanz doubled to more than 8,000 centrifuges, he said.”

“On Iran, Joseph said Tehran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium increased five-fold from about 1,000 kilograms in early 2009 to over 5,000 kilograms today.”

“Additionally, the formerly covert underground nuclear plant is producing 20-percent enriched uranium, which is closer to what is needed for producing weapons.”

“The administration can continue to claim that Iran halted its weapons work in 2003 to 2004, but it cannot deny the existence of evidence to the contrary," Joseph, now with the National Institute for …”

“Obama’s policy of offering an "open hand" to the ruling mullahs in Iran prevented the imposition of effective sanctions on the regime for three years, in order not to upset the chances for bilateral …”

“As a result, the Obama administration squandered three years on a policy representing "the triumph of hope over experience," in the words of Samuel Johnson on second marriages, Joseph said.”

“The administration then gave in to North Korea and bribed the regime with 265,000 tons of wheat as part of a food aid program designed to coax negotiators back to the nuclear arms talks.”

“Joseph also criticized the 2010 New START arms treaty with Russia as a "unilateral" U.S. disarmament pact because the treaty cuts only U.S. nuclear arms.”

“So much for the White House fact sheet that suggests that Russian forces will be reduced by a third. It’s simply not true.”