America In Realization [10.21.14]

Foreign Policy - International Relations - Diplomacy

• President Obama Sees an Iran Deal That Could Avoid Congress (New York Times)

"the White House has made one significant decision: If agreement is reached, President Obama will do everything in his power to avoid letting Congress vote on it.

Even while negotiators argue over the number of centrifuges Iran would be allowed to spin and where inspectors could roam, the Iranians have signaled that they would accept, at least temporarily, a “suspension” of the stringent sanctions that have drastically cut their oil revenues and terminated their banking relationships with the West, according to American and Iranian officials. 

The Treasury Department, in a detailed study it declined to make public, has concluded Mr. Obama has the authority to suspend the vast majority of those sanctions without seeking a vote by Congress, officials say.

But Mr. Obama cannot permanently terminate those sanctions. Only Congress can take that step."

• How Obama can tidy up a messy world: Richard Armitage and Kara Bue (USA Today)

• Meet the New Leader of the Fourth-Largest Country in the World : Joko Widodo (Time)

Politics

• The Reinventions of Rand Paul (Time) 

Privacy vs Security

• Supreme Court to Review Privacy Rights at Hotels. Justices to Consider Los Angeles Ordinance Allowing Police to Examine Hotel Registers Without Warrant (Wall Street Journal) 

  

Gun Control

• Washington Voters Face Rival Measures on Gun-Sale Background Checks (Wall Street Journal) 

Technology

• IBM CEO Points to a Fresh Overhaul (Wall Street Journal)