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Ambassador Mike Waltz @USAmbUN - Space is the ultimate frontier for diplomacy. Through the Artemis Accords, we are bringing 64 nations together to explore the lunar surface and beyond.
Great to discuss the future of the space economy and international unity with the brave pioneers of the Artemis II mission last night. Together, we go far. 
https://x.com/USAmbUN/status/2050253509036024250

Ambassador Mike Waltz @michaelgwaltz - Victor Glover is absolutely inspiring  So wonderful to celebrate his 50th birthday with him in NYC!
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CBS News @CBSNews
Video: When asked about being the first person of color to fly around the moon, Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover said on @CBSMornings that the crew "spent a lot of time thinking about us" and not as individuals, crediting teamwork as one of the reasons the mission was successful.
"I spent a lot of time thinking about this patch and this patch," said Glover, while pointing to the NASA and U.S. flag patches. "And not this patch," he said, pointing to his name tag.
https://x.com/michaelgwaltz/status/2051104503093395771

Ambassador Mike Waltz @michaelgwaltz - Regardless of how you feel about the conflict over their nuclear program, Iran laying sea mines indiscriminately in international waters and attempting to “toll” civilian commercial shipping is illegal and unacceptable. 
Unfortunately there will be future conflicts and whether it’s the Straits of Malacca or Gibraltar or Hormuz, the world cannot allow the precedent to stand that one side can try to punish the world’s economies in an attempt to gain leverage with the other side. 
The US and our Gulf partners will lead the way to defend global freedom of navigation.
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U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM
U.S. Military Supports Launch of Project Freedom in Strait of Hormuz 
https://x.com/i/article/2050966400068374528
https://x.com/michaelgwaltz/status/2051088192372375733

Ambassador Mike Waltz @michaelgwaltz - Worthy read  
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Andrea Stricker @StrickerNonpro
This merits a response. JCPOA proponents always focus on the enriched uranium stockpile and not its underlying infrastructure, which the JCPOA freed up to expand — legally and massively — starting in 2024, following sunsetting arms and missile restrictions in 2020 and 2023. 
Under the JCPOA, Iran was always permitted to engage in R&D on advanced centrifuges and to deploy them starting in 2024. Just a few hundred advanced centrifuges are sufficient for a secret enrichment plant to go to weapons-grade uranium.
At what point in this timeline would Iran diplomatically renegotiate? After Oct. 2025, when it would have been freed from the enrichment suspension and have no incentive to do so? That same year when it would be allowed to legally import anything it desired for its nuclear program? 
But let's say the JCPOA was still intact. 
In 2020 and 2023: 
• UN conventional arms embargo on imports to and exports from Iran lapsed (Oct. 2020);
• Select UN-sponsored visa bans on Iranian officials lifted;
• UN-sponsored ban on imports/exports of missile-related equipment and technology expired (Oct. 2023);
• UN prohibition on Iranian ballistic missile launches ended;
• U.S. and EU/UK sanctions on select proliferation-linked entities lapsed;
• UN-sponsored asset freezes on select entities terminated;
Iran's permitted activities from 2024-2026: 
• Up to 5,060 IR-1 centrifuges would have been allowed to enrich at Natanz; 1,044 IR-1s held idle at Fordow;
• Tests with up to 30 IR-6 and 30 IR-8 centrifuges would have been permitted; manufacture of up to 200 IR-6 and 200 IR-8 per year - without rotors - would have been allowed;
• JCPOA procurement channel would have dissolved, removing oversight of nuclear-related imports;
• Past UNSC resolutions related to Iran's nuclear program would have terminated - in particular, the demand for a suspension of enrichment and reprocessing; 
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