To permit contact, to release him, to make it clear that there is a new attitude in Iran, as we believe there will be with the Obama administration toward engagement, carefully constructed, and with very clear outcomes attempted.
Hillary Clinton: “To permit contact, to release him, to make it clear that there is a new attitude in Iran, as we believe there will be…”
On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
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Clinton discusses the potential for improved U.S.-Iran relations under Obama.
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