Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz in a round of interviews that aired Sunday defended the deal they negotiated with Iran , saying that it leaves the Middle East safer and that there is no viable alternative. “The real fear of that region should be that you don’t have the deal,” Kerry said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The agreement finalized last week in Vienna faces heavy criticism from Republicans in Congress, which could vote to reject it. On Sunday, the administration officially presented the agreement to lawmakers, who will have 60 days to review it. Kerry’s remarks were taped Friday, part of five interviews he and Moniz did in tandem for the Sunday talk shows. The interviews were part of an aggressive campaign by the Obama administration to defend the deal announced last week , in which Iran agreed […]