sanctions are not a magic wand. What sanctions do accomplish is hopefully to change the calculus of a country like Iran, so they see there are more cost and fewer benefits to pursuing a nuclear weapons program.
Obama emphasizes that sanctions alone won't guarantee success against Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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