12/14/2011
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"If I am sitting in a camp, still facing pretty dismal conditions and worried about my security and/or my life, the counsels of patience and delay do not satisfy me."
"And, Mr. Chairman, if I may, just one last question. How do you get the Russians, for example, to cease its arms sales, specifically sophisticated anti-aircraft systems, to Iran?"
"The critical thing is that we do something and we do something quickly if Iran doesn't respond to our offer by the deadline that the administration has set."
"Iran is not simply an existential threat to our ally in the Middle East--Israel--but it is a threat."