US President Barack Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and Americans for generations. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, success in Panama means another foreign policy challenge at home.
Fresh from a historic meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, Obama returned to Washington already trying to fend off opposition to an Iran nuclear deal.
Iran is the bigger challenge. But together, the two are sure to subject Obama’s foreign policy to a level of scrutiny that most international matters — short of war — usually never approach.
On Cuba, Obama is up against a less appreciative crowd in Congress than the Western Hemisphere leaders he left behind at a weekend summit in Panama.
On Iran, Obama faces resistance in Congress, and Iran’s leadership is offering a distinctly different interpretation of what the sides have agreed to so far.
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