Prominent pro-Israel groups are urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Colin Kahl to serve as the top policy official at the Pentagon.
"Kahl is a serial Iran appeaser with close ties to Tehran's allies in the United States. He helped advance the disastrous Iran nuclear accord and has even claimed that Iran has a right to enrich uranium, despite the Islamic Republic's infamous status as the world's leading sponsor of terror," said Christians United for Israel last week. "As recent events show, appeasing Iran only emboldens Tehran. Kahl's approach to Iran would only encourage the Islamic Republic's worst instincts."
Kahl, who worked at the Pentagon in the 2000s during the George W. Bush administration and under the Obama administration from 2014 to 2017, is being considered for undersecretary of defense for policy.
The Zionist Organization of America has also come out against Kahl's nomination, arguing that his "record of advocating pro-Iranian regime positions; opposition to Iran sanctions; close relationships with Iranian regime promoters; involvement in negotiating the disastrous Iran deal; anti-Israel positions; disrespectful, incendiary hyperpartisan comments leveled against Senators [Bob] Menendez [D-N.J.] and [Mitt] Romney [R-Utah] and groups of Republicans; and propagation of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories" make him unqualified for the job.
Separately, Kahl is facing scrutiny over past tweets directed towards Republicans, as seen in their grilling on Thursday at his confirmation hearing.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org
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