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　　Secretary of State John Kerry debated with membersof the U.S. Senate Thursday in the first publichearing on the Iran nuclear deal.

　　Mr. Kerry met with the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee in Washington. During the hearing,Senator Bob Corker said the deal falls short ofending Iran's nuclear program.

　　Mr. Kerry disagreed. In his words, it is "fantasy,plain and simple," to think the United States failedto wait for a better deal in negotiations.

　　Iran and six other countries -- Britain, China, France, Russia, Germany and the United Statesreached the agreement last week.

　　The U.S. Congress has until September 17 to approve or reject the deal. President BarackObama has promised to veto a rejection.

　　Secretary Carter makes unannounced stop in Iraq

　　U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made an unannounced visit Thursday to Baghdad, Iraq.

　　The American defense chief praised Iraqi counterterrorism troops, as he watched them carryout exercises at a firing range.

　　Mr. Carter also was to meet with top Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi andthe country's defense minister, as well as U.S. commanders.

　　Earth-like planet discovered

　　U.S. scientists said Thursday that they had discovered a planet similar to Earth around adistant sun-like star.

　　The planet is about 60 percent bigger than Earth. It was discovered using NASA's Kepler spacetelescope. The planet circles a star that is similar in size and temperature to the sun.

　　Astronomer

　　Jon Jenkins said of the discovery, "In my mind, this is the closest thing we have to anotherplanet like Earth."

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