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Huckabee Holds to Holocaust Claim on Iran Deal

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The Obama administration is sending three cabinet secretaries to Capitol Hill Tuesday to sell the Iran nuclear deal as a side battle simmers over Iran's past threats to destroy Israel.

Secretary of State John Kerry and the two other cabinet members face a skeptical Congress, with Democrats and Republicans alike concerned about making a deal with the radical Islamic regime in Tehran.

But right now much of the heat over the Iran deal is centered on GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

President Barack Obama took time during his Africa trip to blast Huckabee for saying the deal marches Israel "to the door of the oven" - an intentional reference to the Nazi death camps of the Holocaust.

"The particular comments of Mr. Huckabee are I think part of just a general pattern that we've seen that would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad," the president said from Ethiopia.

Top Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is also responding, saying she's "offended personally" by Huckabee's comments.

"This steps over the line and it should be repudiated by every person of good faith and concern," Clinton said while visiting Iowa.

But Huckabee is not backing down, repeatedly reinforcing his concern about the deal.

"Three times I've been to Auschwitz. When I talked about the oven door, I have stood at that oven door. I know exactly what it looks like," Huckabee told Fox News.

The Iranian regime has repeatedly threatened to wipe Israel off the map, and Huckabee says Obama is naive to not take those threats seriously.

Huckabee also dismissed the president's criticism, arguing that what was "ridiculous and sad" was that Obama wasn't showing concern about Iran's threats to destroy Israel.

"I will stand with our ally Israel to prevent the terrorists in Tehran from achieving their own stated goal of another Holocaust," Huckabee said in a statement.

The White House is the midst of an intense lobbying campaign to prevent Congress from blocking implementation of the Iran deal.

Lawmakers have until mid-September to review the accord, which aims to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from international economic sanctions.

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