The United States effectively set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a UN nuclear agency investigation, saying it would otherwise urge reporting the issue to the UN Security Council.

The comments by US diplomat Robert Wood to the 35-nation governing board of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency signaled Washington’s growing frustration at the lack of results in the IAEA’s inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran denies the charge.

"If by March Iran has not begun substantive cooperation with the IAEA, the United States … would urge the board to consider reporting this lack of progress to the UN Security Council," Wood said, according to a copy of his statement.

"Iran cannot be allowed to indefinitely ignore its obligations … Iran must act now, in substance," Wood said. 

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Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. released a statement November 27 regarding the Sportsmen’s bill (S. 3525), specifically an amendment to protect veterans’ gun rights, which were blocked by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).  

“I’m disappointed Senator Reid once again refused to allow Senators
to offer amendments.  One amendment I filed – the Veterans’ Second
Amendment Protection Act – would have prevented our nation’s veterans
from being denied due process before having a fundamental Constitutional
right taken away when they attempt to purchase a firearm. 

"Specifically, my amendment would have required all veterans who are considered mentally incompetent for purposes of assigning benefit payments, not be considered ‘adjudicated as a mental defective’, and thus losing their Second Amendment rights, unless they have been found by a judicial authority to be a danger to themselves or to others.  Instead of working with his colleagues to correct this overly-broad and unjust regulation, Reid has blocked a vote on this common sense solution.   The American people, and our veterans who have risked their lives for this country, deserve better,” Dr. Coburn said.  

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Specifically Dr. Coburn filed the following amendments to S. 3525, the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012.

Coburn amendment #2914– This amendment would require all veterans who are considered mentally incompetent for purposes of assigning benefit payments, not be considered “adjudicated as a mental defective” unless they have been found by a judicial authority to be a danger to themselves or to others. Additional background,here.

Coburn amendment #2915 – This amendment would prioritize federal funds by directing half of the receipts from land sales through FLTFA towards deficit reduction and half towards fixing crumbling structures and roads on federal lands. Additional background, here.

Coburn amendment #2916 –This amendment would strike the mandate that 75 percent of funds from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Program are expended on projects located outside of the United States. Additional background, here.

Coburn amendment #2917 – This amendment would strike the section codifying the duplicative National Fish Habitat Conservation Fund. Additional background, here.

Coburn amendment #2918 – This amendment would protect the 2nd Amendment rights of individuals on lands managed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Additional background, here.