Iran Talks Likely to Figure in Any Hillary Clinton 2016 Bid

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Hillary Clinton has distanced herself from the Obama administration’s increasingly unpopular handling of international issues, including Syria and Russia.

The former secretary of state is much more closely tied to current U.S. diplomatic efforts toward Iran aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program. Mrs. Clinton has taken credit for initiating secret talks with Iran in 2012 that formed the foundation for negotiations that were recently extended another seven months. In addition, one of her closest foreign-policy advisers at the State Department, Jake Sullivan, remains one of the Obama administration’s top negotiators with the Iranian diplomats.
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The 38-year-old is widely expected to be in line for a senior position in a Clinton administration. Mr. Sullivan’s departure this summer as a foreign-policy aide to Vice President Joe Biden was seen as a prelude to his transition into advising the former first lady’s presidential bid.

“Unlike others in the Obama administration who will be long gone in 2017, he will own this deal if Hillary Clinton becomes president,” said Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank that has criticized the U.S. negotiating strategy with Iran. “The pressure on him to do a good deal is enormous.”
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