bret: the u.s. ambassador to the budget committee want other diplomats to sober up. really. joseph tusella says negotiating rooms should be inebryiation free zones but are often not. he suggests that the colleagues save the champagne for toasting successful end of negotiating session. apparently this has been an issue for some time. diplomat told reporters on one occasion the note taker in the room had to be replaced because he was too impaired to complete the task. foreign policy magazine cites another diplomat saying the main negotiator are sober. what does not appear to be in question delegates keep well-stocked bar in negotiating room. iran is at war with rats. tehran s population of 12 million people is said to be outnumbered by the rodents. big rodents. the national report ten sniper teams are working under cover of night to pick off the creatures, some of which are said to be larger than cats.