Cornyn: Administration Should Block Ahmadinejad From Entering The U.S.

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Ahead of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's intended visit to the U.S. to address a United Nations conference on nuclear non-proliferation next week, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a group of Senators in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny his request and bar his entry. The letter states:

"This is preposterous, and allowing it to happen will make a mockery of the effort to stop the spread of nuclear weapons to rogue states and terrorist groups. There is simply no compelling reason for Ahmadinejad to be allowed to enter the United States."

"As such, the U.S. Government has the legal authority to deny Ahmadinejad's request and bar his entry--even if he is transiting only to the United Nations. We ask that you exercise that authority."
In Senator Cornyn's letter , also signed by Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), James Inhofe (R-OK), David Vitter (R-LA), John Ensign (R-NV), Richard Burr (R-NC), Bob Bennett (R-UT), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), James Risch (R-ID), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Roger Wicker (R-MS), George LeMieux (R-FL), and Jim DeMint (R-SC), the Senators highlight several important concerns regarding Iran and its leaders, including a recent State Department report, Country Reports on Terrorism, which states that Iran is "the most significant state sponsor of terrorism" in the world, having "long employed terrorism to advance its key national security and foreign policy interests."

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