Here are a few of the stories we will be discussing today on The Chad Hasty Show.

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Iran Deal

According to FOX News, an agreement over Iran's nuclear program is close but that doesn't mean everyone is celebrating. On Sunday numerous lawmakers took a cautious tone regarding any deal reached with Iran.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday led a chorus of bipartisan concern from congressional leaders and 2016 presidential candidates about an Iran nuclear deal, amid reports that negotiators are expected to reach a provisional agreement.

"This is going to be a very hard sell for the administration," the Kentucky Republican said on "Fox News Sunday," when asked about the likelihood of Congress signing off on a deal.

He spoke minutes after diplomats said that negotiators are expected to announce a deal Monday to curb Iran’s atomic program in return for tens of billions of dollars in sanctions relief.

McConnell suggested that President Obama will ultimately win final approval for the deal, considering he would need only 34 Senate votes to veto the likely passage of “resolution of disapproval” by the GOP-led chamber.

However, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, a Senate Foreign Relations Committee member, also continued to raise skepticism about any deal, which suggests that getting 34 Democratic Senate votes might be a challenge.

"We have gone from preventing Iran having a nuclear ability to managing it," he told ABC’s “This Week.” "And what we are doing is basically rolling back sanctions ... not rolling back Iran's elicit nuclear infrastructure."

Menendez, long outspoken about a deal that would ease too many sanctions on the rogue nation, also said news of a provisional agreement made him “anxious” but that he will wait to see the details before making a final judgment.

“What type of sanctions relief are we giving?” he asked, "because in 12 to 13 years we will be exactly back to where we are today except that Iran will have $100 [billion] to $150 billion more in its pocket and promoting terrorism throughout the Middle East."

This should be a simple debate to end. Does anyone trust Iran? Of course not so why should we come to any agreement that gives them money and doesn't replace the leadership that continues to promote terrorism?

Rubio in Iowa

Marco Rubio was in Iowa over the weekend doing what Presidential candidates should be doing in Iowa this time of year. According to The Guardian, crowds followed Rubio wherever he went.

Roughly 150 people had crammed into a room on the second floor of a county Republican office to hear Rubio speak on the last day of a three-day swing through Iowa, the state that will hold the first nominating contest in the presidential primary next February. In less than 48 hours, he had made seven stops through the east of the state, to make a pitch that combined domestic and foreign policy while drawing heavily on his personal story.

Rubio rarely mentioned Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by name, nor did he attack his Republican opponents. The main reason Barack Obama won re-election in 2012, he noted to each crowd, was because Republicans spent all of their time attacking each other – creating four more years of what Rubio argued had brought the country to a crossroads.

“This is the most important election our nation has had in a generation,” Rubio said, before asking crowded rooms to consider the kind of society they wished to live in. He then recounted how his parents emigrated to the US from Cuba in 1956, to both paint a contrast with the oppression of those in less fortunate and free countries and emphasize the essence of the American Dream.

The article has a lot of information about Rubio's stances on a variety of issues. It also points out the one big problem for Rubio, his experience. It's that old Governor vs. Senator argument that Rick Perry, Jeb Bush, and soon, Scott Walker have all used.

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