Diplomatic Accord Opens Door to Middle East

For President Obama, “whose popularity and second-term agenda have been ravaged by the chaotic rollout of the health care law, the preliminary nuclear deal reached with Iran on Sunday is more than a welcome change of subject,” the New York Times reports.

“It is also a seminal moment — one that thrusts foreign policy to the forefront in a White House preoccupied by domestic woes, and one that presents Mr. Obama with the chance to chart a new American course in the Middle East for the first time in more than three decades.”

Wall Street Journal: “Israel and Saudi Arabia worry that the talks with Iran represent just
the latest evidence that a war-weary U.S. is seeking to close the books
on a series of nettlesome problems.”

Meanwhile, the Washington Post has a behind-the-scenes look at how the deal came together after a marathon negotiating session.