The Los Angeles Times has encouraging news that nobody is talking about on the Tee Vee Machine because it's more beneficial to them to concentrate on all the controversy over the Affordable Care Act, besmirching the president, and creating even more drama in order to boost ratings.
Well, here at the Political Carnival, we can write and chew gum at the same time. Happy Friday:
Iran's new government has slowed expansion of its nuclear program almost to a halt since August, according to the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, in what experts view as a strong signal of Tehran's desire to resolve a decade-long diplomatic standoff.
A report released Thursday by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency provides the first independent evidence that President Hassan Rouhani, who was elected in June after promising to end the crisis, has essentially stopped new work at Iran's nuclear facilities, including enrichment of uranium and construction of the heavy-water reactor at Arak. [...]
With sanctions slowly strangling Iran's oil-based economy, Rouhani and his top aides have declared their eagerness to do a deal and thaw long-frozen relations with the West. The IAEA report, which reflects developments in Iran since Aug. 28, provides a measure of tangible reassurance that Rouhani is serious, analysts said.
What a socialist war monger President Obama is.