The daily scan #2

US Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham want to ‘sustain success in Afghanistan’ and are asking President Obama to resist calls for further troop reductions. In the House, Representative Markey says the US nuclear weapons budget is insane. At CounterPunch Gareth Porter says that details of the talks between Iran and the IAEA belie charges that Iran is being un-cooperative; and Neve Gordon, author of Israel’s Occupation, says that Israel is being prepared for war with Iran.