The United States should construct a combination of incentives and
pressure to engage Iran, and may have missed earlier op****tunities to
begin a useful dialogue with Tehran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates
said yesterday.
"We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage . . . and then
*sit down and talk with them*," Gates said. "If there is going to be a
discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion
and be completely the demander, with them not feeling that they need
anything from us." Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, May 15, 2008
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403553_pf.html
"Iran remains the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism, and
continues to provide lethal sup****t to Lebanese Hizballah, HAMAS,
Palestinian Islamic Jihad and numerous other terrorist organizations in
the region, as well as to the Taliban in Afghanistan and various Iraqi
militant groups. For these reasons, I have determined that it is
necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to
Iran and maintain in force comprehensive sanctions against Iran to
respond to this threat." President GW Bush, March 12, 2008
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080312-6.html
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