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“And I would meet with them without preconditions …”
(Senator Barack Obama, Press Conference, Watertown, SD, 5/16/08)
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Senator Hillary Clinton: “I thought [Obama’s pledge] was irresponsible and frankly naive.” (Ed Tibbetts, “Clinton, Obama Trade Barbs In Quad-City Times Interviews,” The Quad City [IA] Times, 7/24/07)
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“And both [Iran and Syria] sponsor terrorism -- directly, and indirectly through Hezbollah and Hamas.” (Hillary Clinton, Remarks, Des Moines, IA, 7/10/07)
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright: “Through the years, this grim view [of Iran] is reinforced by the Iranian Government's repression at home and its support for terrorism abroad; [and] by its assistance to groups violently opposed to the Middle East peace process …” (Madeline Albright, Remarks, Washington, D.C., 3/17/00)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: “Iran has been the country that has been in many ways a kind of central banker for terrorism in important regions like Lebanon through Hezbollah in the Middle East, in the Palestinian territories …” (News Conference, 3/10/06)
Georgetown University Professor and Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Daniel L. Byman: “Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has been one of the world's most active sponsors of terrorism. Tehran has armed, trained, financed, inspired, organized, and otherwise supported dozens of violent groups over the years.” (Daniel L. Byman, Testimony, Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks of the Homeland Security Committee, 9/8/05)
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell: “The Iranians today, we have clear evidence, are providing the very weapons that are causing U.S. servicemen and women to die. That’s clear, that’s not refuted, that’s not hawkish, that’s not shaded. That is the fact.” (Eben Kaplan, McConnell Cites ‘Overwhelming Evidence’ Of Iran’s Support For Iraqi Insurgents,” CFR.org, 6/28/07)
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