02/01/2010
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"Now is therefore not the time, in my judgment, for the United States to consider a military approach to this dilemma."
"I thank you, Senator Bayh, for your strong and persistent leadership on this matter."
"If Iranian officials are unwilling to sit down at the table and negotiate, then Congress is prepared to authorize what Secretary of State Clinton has referred to as 'crippling' economic sanctions."
"I think it is important that the President maintain his flexibility to conduct foreign policy because this is a shifting situation."