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Obama Doesn’t Mention Iranian Long-Range Rocket Or Planned European Missile Defense, But He Assails Iranian Move Toward Nukes

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Monday, February 16th, 2009

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President Says United States Should Counter Iranian Threat With 'All Resources,' Mentioning Diplomacy President Obama discussed the threat from Iran, but never mentioned missile defense, during his first formal White House press conference. He assailed Iran for its nuclear production program, saying that Iran is pursuing development of a nuclear weapon. Then he said that he would "take an approach with Iran that employs all of the resources at the United States' disposal, and that includes diplomacy," without mentioning the…

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