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“This evening, I would like to take some time to remind the American people of the nature of a sworn enemy of the United States, whose leaders to this day, as they have for the past 36 years, continue to chant, ``Death to America.'' That enemy, Mr. Speaker, is Iran. Mr. Speaker, the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council--the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China, plus Germany, this group known as the P5+1-- have engaged in negotiations with Iran in an attempt to halt Iran's development of nuclear weapons. Of significant note, unlike the negotiations that we had with North Korea years ago regarding its pursuit of nuclear weapons, those negotiations included the United States and North Korea's neighbors-- China, Russia, South Korea, and Japan. Iran's regional neighbors and closest targets, however--Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Israel--were not invited to participate in these talks. A framework for an agreement with the P5+1 and Iran was reached in April, but that framework is simply inadequate to halt the regime's march to a nuclear weapon. Iran cannot be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. Such an event would set off a destabilizing arms race in a region of the world that is already afire with sectarian hatred. It is a real threat that Iran would use such a weapon against Israel, Europe, or with its continued development of long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles against the United States.…”