It is suspicious, ... but I try to explain to my friends in the Bush administration that suspicions are different than conclusive evidence. |
It is unacceptable, frankly, from my perspective to see conflict going on for 60, 70 years. |
It is urgent and indispensable that we continue to build a global security system that is both equitable and inclusive. |
It might not happen right away, but I would like to see direct engagement between the U.S. and Iran. |
It would be a milestone, timely for ongoing efforts to consolidate the nonproliferation regime, combat nuclear terrorism and strengthen nuclear safety. |
It's a country in a defiant mode right now, ... The attitude there [is] if they use their nuclear capability they might get a better negotiating position. |
It's a rapidly deteriorating situation, |
Last year, the nations of the world spent over $1 trillion on armaments. |
Let me just say that the prospect that you could have civil nuclear energy in India is one that is welcomed not just by the US but by other countries of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. |
Lots of that is taking place both on the hands of national governments, lack of good governance, suppression of human rights. Lots of that is coming also from the outside. And if you have that coming both ways, you see a lot of extremists. |
More than 15 years after the end of the Cold War, it is incomprehensible to many that the major nuclear weapon states operate with their arsenals on hair-trigger alert. |
My message to Iran: the international community is getting impatient and you need to respond by arming me with information. |
no evidence that Iraq has revived its nuclear weapons program. |
No prohibited nuclear activities have been identified during these inspections, |
no. |