April 10, 2017
Daniel Greenfield
Robert Einhorn was the key arms control figure in Obama Inc.
The diplomat’s dizzying array of responsibilities included everything from advising the secretary of state to coordinating the implementation of sanctions on Iran, Syria, and North Korea to negotiating with South Korea on a successor civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
A State Department official tells The Cable that Einhorn’s position will be dissolved, which will bring greater responsibility to a number of high-ranking diplomats — four in particular.
After leaving, Einhorn linked the Syria deal to the Iran deal.
A former senior US nuclear negotiator, Robert Einhorn, said Thursday [Sept. 12] that the fate of the Russian proposal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons will have a strong impact on whether the United States and Iran can make progress toward a nuclear accord.
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