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ByJuliePace The Associated Press WASHINGTON Unhappy with President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran? Republicans run- ning for the White House are vowing to rescind the agreement, some on their first day in office. But it may not be that easy. If Iran lives up to its ob- ligations, a new president could face big obstacles in turning that campaign promise into U.S. policy. Among them: resistance from longtime American allies, an unraveling of the carefully crafted interna- tional sanctions, and dam- age to U.S. standing with the rest of the world, ac- cording to foreign policy experts. "The president does not have infinite ability to get other countries to go along with them," said Jon Alter- man, director of the Middle East program at the Cen- ter for Strategic and In- ternational Studies. "One of the consequences is the United States would be in- creasingly isolated at a time when Iran is increasingly integrated with the rest of the world." Both Obama and Repub- licans know firsthand the difficulties of dismantling major policies, a task that only gets harder the longer a policy has been in place. After more than six years in office, Obama has failed to achieve his promise to shutter the Guantanamo Bay prison, despite signing an executive order authoriz- ing its closure on his first day in office. And more than five years after Obama's health care overhaul be- came law, Republicans have been unable to find a legal or legislative means for re- pealing the sweeping mea- sure. While some elements of the nuclear accord don't go into effect immediately, the centerpiece of the agree- ment is expected to be im- plemented quickly. If Iran curbs its nuclear program as promised, it will receive billions of dollars in relief from international sanc- tions. To Republican presiden- tial candidates, rolling back that quid pro quo would be a top priority if they were to win the White House. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he would "ter- minate the bad deal with Iran on day one" and work to persuade allies to rein- state economic sanctions lifted under the deal. For- mer Texas Gov. Rick Perry concurred, saying one of his first actions in office would be to "invalidate the presi- dent's Iran agreement." Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, said that while he would consult with allies about the deal on his first day in office, he was in- clined to "move toward the abrogation of it." Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told The Associated Press he would withdraw from a deal even if allies objected. The next president has no legal obligation to im- plement the nuclear agree- ment, which is a political document, not a binding treaty. But if there's no sign Iran is cheating, it's un- likely the European allies, who spent nearly two years negotiating alongside the U.S., would be compelled to walk away and reinstate sanctions. And it's nearly impossible to imagine Rus- sia and China, which part- nered with the U.S, Britain, France and Germany in the talks, following a GOP pres- ident's lead. "Shattering something like this with the British and the French and the Germans — that has con- sequences," said Ilan Gold- enberg, a senior fellow at the Center for a New Amer- ican Security and former Obama State Department official. "A new president isn't going to want to lead off like that." To be sure, a U.S. pres- ident with a friendly Con- gress could unilaterally re- instate American sanctions on Iran. But the economic impact would be far less if other countries didn't fol- low Washington's lead. Beyond Europe's inter- ests, the White House says U.S. partners in Asia, in- cluding Japan and South Korea, will also likely have boosted their financial ties and oil purchases with Iran by the time a new presi- dent takes office in Janu- ary 2017. OBSTACLES Rev ok in g Ir an d ea l ea si er t o pl ed ge t ha n do JIMCOLE—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Republican presidential candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., speaks in Amherst, N.H. By Mstyslav Chernov and Nataliya Vasilyeva The Associated Press HRABOVE, UKRAINE In a solemn procession, res- idents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago marched Fri- day to the crash site. Half a world away, Australia's prime minister remem- bered the "savagery" of the attack as he unveiled a plaque in Canberra set in soil from the field where the wreckage fell. The two ceremonies come amid a sharp dispute over who was responsible for downing Malaysia Air- lines Flight 17, which was heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, when it was shot down over rebel-held east- ern Ukraine. Ukrainian and Western authorities say the plane was downed, most likely by mistake, by a missile fired either by the separat- ists or the Russian troops who they say back the reb- els with weapons and man- power. A preliminary report released in the Nether- lands last year said the plane had no technical problems in the seconds before it broke up in the sky after being struck an object that could have been a missile. Several weeks before the plane was shot down, Russia-backed separatists had bragged about ac- quiring a missile system and had downed several Ukrainian military air- craft in eastern Ukraine, killing 49 people in one incident. The rebels and Mos- cow say the separatists had no such missile sys- tems at their disposal and that the plane was hit by a Ukrainian warplane or a Ukrainian-fired missile. But the rebel denials of shooting down MH17 have been increasingly challenged by resident accounts, journalists' ob- servations on the ground and the statements of one rebel official. The Ukrai- nian government has also provided purported com- munications intercepts that it says show rebel in- volvement in downing the plane. PLANE CRASH MEMORIAL Uk ra in ia ns, A us tr al ia n ki n mark year since MH17 downing MIKHAIL PALINCHAK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a MN17airliner crash commemoration ceremony in a Catholic church in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday. By Michelle Faul and Adamu Adamu The Associated Press DAMATURU, NIGERIA Nige- ria'sIslamic extremists chose open-air praying grounds for suicide bombings Fri- day, one of the holiest days of the Muslim calendar. At least 15 people died as they prepared to celebrate Eid al- Fitr in northeastern Damat- uru, said police. Nigerians who usually turn out in their finest robes to pray on the holiday stayed home in fear in Damaturu and Gombe town, where 50 people shopping for the holiday at the main market died in two bomb blasts late Thursday night, according to the National Emergency Management Agency. One of the bombers was a child who looked about 10 years old and the other was an elderly woman, said the military in a statement. Ni- geria's homegrown Boko Haram extremist group has used many women and girl bombers in recent weeks, raising fears the insurgents are turning some of their hundreds of captives into weapons. A military bomb disposal expert has told The Associated Press that al- most all the female bombers are strapped with explosives that are remotely detonated. "No amount of terror- ist acts would deter our re- solve to stamp out terrorism and insurgency in ourfather- land," said a statement from army spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman. 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