NCRI – By trying to talk Iranian regime out of its nuclear program, the U.S. is in a better position to organize tougher international sanctions if that diplomacy fails, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.
Giving her first congressional testimony on US foreign policy since becoming Secretary of State, Mrs. Clinton said stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon was one of the Obama administration’s highest priorities.
"We actually believe that by following the diplomatic path we are on, we gain credibility and influence with a number of nations who would have to participate in order to make the sanctions regime as tight and as crippling as we would want it to be," Clinton said.
“We know the imperative of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons,” she added.
Mrs. Clinton today described a two-track strategy of engagement while the U.S. gathers support from allies for heightened pressure on Iranian regime.
“We are deploying new approaches to the threat posed by Iran, and we’re doing so with our eyes wide open and with no illusions,” she said.
