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Text: White House Reaction To Iran ReportHere is the text of a statement issued today by Stephen Hadley, President Bushs national security adviser, concerning the new National Intelligence Estimate on Irans nuclear weapons program. The intelligence estimate says that, contrary to previous assessments, Iran halted the program in 2003 in response to international pressure and has probably not restarted it since then, though it has the capacity to do so. Todays National Intelligence Estimate offers some positive news. It confirms that we were right to be worried about Iran seeking to develop nuclear weapons. It tells us that we have made progress in trying to ensure that this does not happen. But the intelligence also tells us that the risk of Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon remains a very serious problem. The estimate offers grounds for hope that the problem can be solved diplomatically — without the use of force — as the Administration has been trying to do. And it suggests that the President has the right strategy: intensified international pressure along with a willingness to negotiate a solution that serves Iranian interests while ensuring that the world will never have to face a nuclear armed Iran. The bottom line is this: for that strategy to succeed, the international community has to turn up the pressure on Iran — with diplomatic isolation, United Nations sanctions, and with other financial pressure — and Iran has to decide it wants to negotiate a solution. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationIn Video, Insurgents Claim 2 Missing G.I.’s Are Dead...Senate votes to double Bin Laden bounty... The World: Living in Exile Isn?t What It Used to Be... In Mosul, New Test of Rebuilt Iraqi Army... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Text: White House Reaction To Iran Report |
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