Bill Clinton: “Well, I was quite encouraged by Mr. Khatami's statement, and it was welcome. And I will say again, I would like nothing…”

“Well, I was quite encouraged by Mr. Khatami's statement, and it was welcome. And I will say again, I would like nothing better than to have a dialog with Iran, as long as we can have an honest discussion of all the relevant issues. We remain concerned about the sponsorship of terrorism, about the violent attacks on the peace process, about the development--their acquisition of weapons of mass destruction. And we will continue to be concerned about those things. But I was quite encouraged by the President's statement, and I think that the American people should be. Northern Ireland Peace Process”