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Obama was responding to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker who vowed last week to pull the U.S. out of a nuclear deal with Iran on day one of his presidency -- that is, if he decides to run and is elected. Walker is near the top of recent polling among potential Republican presidential contenders.

"It would be a foolish approach to take, and, you know, perhaps Mr. Walker, after he's taken some time to bone up on foreign policy, will feel the same way," Obama said in an interview with NPR published Tuesday.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, also a potential GOP contender, took the same position as Walker on Monday, swearing to "invalidate" the Iran accord as "one of my first actions in office" if he were elected President.

Walker hit back in a Tuesday statement to CNN, knocking Obama for his "failed leadership."

"Americans would be better served by a president who spent more time working with governors and members of Congress rather than attacking them," Walker said.

But Obama said he's confident his successor won't pull the U.S. out of an international agreement with Iran that involves not just the U.S., but five top world powers -- the four other members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany.

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"And, you know, I am confident that any president who gets elected will be knowledgeable enough about foreign policy and knowledgeable enough about the traditions and precedents of presidential power that they won't start calling to question the capacity of the executive branch of the United States to enter into agreements with other countries," Obama said.

Reversing that precedent, Obama said, would "embolden our enemies" and prove problematic for the U.S.'s relations with its allies.

Republicans and some Democrats in Congress are calling for congressional oversight over an eventual deal with Iran and the Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would require Obama to run a deal through Congress. But Obama has been insistent that the executive branch has the power to reach the agreement alone and has resisted the calls from Congress.

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Congress #39; Role If Iran Deal Is Reached11:28 Please follow me.(CNN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that a proposed agreement between world powers and Iran was "a ...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. and other world powers to seek a firmer deal with Iran Sunday over that country's nuclear program and said that hes "not trying to kill any deal, just a bad deal.

"I think the alternatives are not either this bad deal or war. I think there's a third alternative. And that is standing firm, ratcheting up the pressure, until you get a better deal," the Israeli Prime Minister told CNN's "State of the Union". "A better deal would roll back Iran's vast nuclear infrastructure and require Iran to stop its aggression in the region, its terror worldwide, and its calls and actions to annihilate the state of Israel."

On Thursday, the United States and five other world powers reached agreement with Iranian officials on the framework of a deal to limit Tehrans nuclear enrichment program. The deadline for a final agreement is June 30.

The deal aims to cut significantly into Iran's bomb-making technology while giving Tehran relief from international sanctions. The commitments, if implemented, would substantially pare down Iranian nuclear assets for a decade and restrict others for an additional five years.

On Sunday, the Associated Press reported that it had obtained a document drawn up by experts in Netanyahu's office that gives a glimpse of the arguments the Israeli leader plans to raise, targeting vague language in the system of inspections and its failure to address issues beyond the nuclear program.

Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Netanyahu said the agreement outline "could be a historic bad deal because it leaves the preeminent terrorist state of our time a vast nuclear infrastructure ... Thousands of centrifuges will be left, not a singular facility, including underground facilities will be shut down."

Netanyahu added that the framework leaves Iran with the capacity to produce material for many nuclear bombs.

On ABC's "This Week", Netanyahu also warned that a deal could spark a nuclear arms race among the Sunni countries in the Middle East.

On CNNs State of the Union, Netanyahu said restrictions placed on Iran are temporary, after a few years, Iran will have unlimited access.

According to a U.S. document summarizing last week's agreement, Tehran is ready to reduce its number of centrifuges, the machines that can spin uranium gas to levels used in nuclear warheads, and submit to aggressive monitoring and inspections of its nuclear facilities.

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Iran nuclear agreement gets mixed reactions from Arizona lawmakers
Arizona lawmakers are providing mixed reactions toward the Iran nuclear agreement. But a research fellow from the Cato Institute says it #39;s unclear if a harder or stricter deal was even possible....

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Story highlights Netanyahu says third option is "standing firm" to get a better deal Political sparring continues in U.S. over the deal with Iran

"I think there's a third alternative, and that is standing firm, ratcheting up the pressure until you get a better deal," Netanyahu told CNN's Jim Acosta Sunday on "State of the Union."

His comments come as Democrats and Republicans spar over the framework announced last week to lift Western sanctions on Iran in exchange for the country dropping from 19,000 to 5,060 active centrifuges, limiting its highly enriched uranium, and increasing inspections.

President Barack Obama endorsed the deal, saying it was better than the alternatives. But GOP contenders for the party's 2016 presidential nomination lambasted it, saying it gave Iran too much flexibility.

On Sunday, the sparring continued. One Senate Democrat said Netanyahu needs to "contain himself." And a top Republican said almost any of Obama's successors as president "could do better."

Netanyahu's most recent argument against the Iran nuclear deal was similar to the one he'd made in a March trip to Washington, when he addressed a joint session of Congress -- fueling a Republican push to have the deal sent to Congress before it's implemented.

"It does not roll back Iran's nuclear program. It keeps a vast nuclear infrastructure in place. Not a single centrifuge is destroyed. Not a single nuclear facility is shut down, including the underground facilities that they built illicitly. Thousands of centrifuges will keep spinning, enriching uranium," Netanyahu said Sunday. "That's a very bad deal. "

Netanyahu said Iran is a country of "congenital cheating" and that it can't be trusted to abide by the terms of the deal, which lasts 10 years with some provisions extending well beyond that.

He said his opposition has little to do with his frosty relationship with Obama.

"I think that we can have a legitimate difference of opinion on this, because I think Iran has shown to be completely distrustful," Netanyahu said.

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