One, from the BBC in December 2010, paraphrased Clinton as saying that under the right conditions, in the future, Iran might be allowed to enrich uranium. But a closer read reveals flaws in contrasting the two statements, an expert told us. On the surface, the news reports appear to prove McConnell’s case. McConnell’s Senate campaign focused on two news reports. Now for what Clinton has said about Iran and enrichment. In 2012, the United States, with Clinton as secretary of state, opened the door to allowing Iran to continue to enrich uranium on a much more limited scale than it had before. It was only after stiff sanctions began to hit Iran hard in 2011 that negotiations moved forward.īut sanctions alone didn’t break the logjam. The council’s first demand was that Iran freeze the enrichment of uranium. The United Nations Security Council had been trying since the mid 2000s to strike a deal with Iran. The context for McConnell’s statement is the decade-long push to get Iran off the path of building nuclear warheads. We wanted to verify that Clinton indeed held one view in 2010 and another in 2014. In 2014 she said she’s always argued against it." "In 2010, she said Iran could enrich uranium. "Hillary has changed her positions so many times it’s impossible to tell where conviction ends and ambition begins," McConnell said. On the second night of the Republican National Convention, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Hillary Clinton of bending with the political wind on key issues.
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