McConnell: ‘Time for Determined Action Has Come’ on Iran’s Nuclear Aims
September 25, 2009
‘The time for determined action has come and I hope the administration will make clear to the Iranians and our European allies that a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iranian leaders is unacceptable to the United States’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Friday on the Iranian nuclear program:
“The disclosure of the covert Iranian enrichment facility at Qom makes clear that the international community and the United States Senate should, at a minimum, enact the strictest sanctions on the importation of refined petroleum products by Iran. The Iranian regime must allow inspectors to examine the covert facility, answer all questions of the International Atomic Energy Agency concerning its weapons program and freeze any further enrichment activity. They’ve relied on denial and deception for years while advancing their nuclear program. But the time for determined action has come and I hope the administration will make clear to the Iranians and our European allies that a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iranian leaders is unacceptable to the United States.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Friday on the Iranian nuclear program:
“The disclosure of the covert Iranian enrichment facility at Qom makes clear that the international community and the United States Senate should, at a minimum, enact the strictest sanctions on the importation of refined petroleum products by Iran. The Iranian regime must allow inspectors to examine the covert facility, answer all questions of the International Atomic Energy Agency concerning its weapons program and freeze any further enrichment activity. They’ve relied on denial and deception for years while advancing their nuclear program. But the time for determined action has come and I hope the administration will make clear to the Iranians and our European allies that a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iranian leaders is unacceptable to the United States.”
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