washingtonindependent.com - 1/13/2009
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Kerry asks about Iran. Sounds surprisingly hawkish. What are the “big carrots and the big sticks” that the Obama administration will use to get Iran in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty? Why will they work? What else is needed? Clinton: Iran is a “great concern,” both on nuclear ...
salon.com - 1/12/2009
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salon.com —
[updated below -- Update II (Obama's prior NIE
statement)] Regarding Barack Obama's statements about Iran yesterday during...
his ABC News interview, Charles Davis makes an excellent point (h/t Jonathan Schwarz ): President-elect Barack Obama in an ...
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Obama v. the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran - ...
nybooks.com - 1/18/2009
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nybooks.com —
COMMENTS ON THIS ARTICLE The central recommendation of
this article is that the US must engage Iran...
directly and without preconditions, one of the primary recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. These distinguished authors have a firm grasp of the ...
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How to Deal with Iran - The New York Review of Books
washingtonpost.com - 1/13/2009
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HR Clinton Still Hawkish On Iran
Newshoggers.com —
... Spencer Ackerman* has the details of Clinton's comments on Iran at her confirmation hearing today. She repeated the line that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, ...
HR Clinton Still Hawkish On Iran
Crooks and Liars —
... Spencer Ackerman* has the details of Clinton's comments on Iran at her confirmation hearing yesterday. She repeated the line that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, ...
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