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Barack Obama: “What I've said consistently is, we should let these negotiations play out. If in fact Iran has agreed, willing to agree…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2015
What I've said consistently is, we should let these negotiations play out. If in fact Iran has agreed, willing to agree to double-digit years of, you know, keeping their program where it is right now, and in fact rolling back elements of it that currently exist, double-digit years, and we have a way of verifying that, there's no other steps we can take that would give us such assurance that they don't have a nuclear weapon.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the importance of allowing negotiations with Iran to unfold, highlighting the potential for verification of their nuclear program.

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