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On the recordApril 22, 2010
Firstly, the reason there has not been a diplomatic resolution of the problem is that the regime in Iran has refused to engage in any meaningful and serious way in a resolution which would require them to change their behavior to end their ambition to obtain a nuclear weapons capability, and that is where the blame lies. It is not because diplomatic alternatives have been ignored. It is because they have been undertaken and rebuffed by the regime in Iran.
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Howard Berman
California

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The speaker addresses the lack of diplomatic resolution regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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