Thomas M. Countryman: “It would be grasped by supporters of a nuclear program in Iran and by hardliners in Iran to assert that we were an…”

This would become an issue of extraordinary concern and division between ourselves and our P5+1 colleagues.

The problem with having a gold standard is it needs to have two things. It needs to be replicable, and it actually needs to be the best.

The U.S. relationship with China is one of the most important and complex relationships we have in the world.

In an environment as conflictive and combustible as the Middle East, making sure that a country like Iran does not have a nuclear weapon has to be a strategic goal of utmost importance.