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.
Countryman emphasizes the importance of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
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We have become, I would say, dangerously uncompetitive on the nuclear sphere when we cannot compete with countries like the French and the Russians.
I do not believe that it is in the United States' interest to pursue an autarchic policy of avoiding scientific and technical cooperation in the civilian nuclear field.
I think our policies have not been thoughtful relative to how we deal with these nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction.
The policy without professionals is by definition an amateur policy. You have to help make the choices that bring this country forward.