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Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran
Yahoo ^ | Tue Mar 30, 8:47 pm ET | ANGELA CHARLTON and BEN FELLER Associated Press Writers

Posted on 03/31/2010 11:50:53 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

WASHINGTON – With the president of France at his side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have international sanctions against Iran in place "within weeks," not months, because of its continuing nuclear program. But he acknowledged he still lacks full support at the United Nations.

"Do we have unanimity in the international community? Not yet," Obama said. "And that's something that we have to work on."

Obama said he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are "inseparable" in their thinking on the subject.

For his part, Sarkozy told reporters, "Iran cannot continue its mad race" toward acquiring nuclear weapons.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; irannukes; unsanctions

1 posted on 03/31/2010 11:50:53 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Talk, talk, talk. Mean while, Iran builds, builds, builds.


2 posted on 03/31/2010 11:54:16 AM PDT by RC2 (Keep ACORN investigations going.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.


3 posted on 03/31/2010 11:56:15 AM PDT by ZULU
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Does anyone else think that putting the words Iran and Sanctions together in the same sentence is just a bad joke at this point?


4 posted on 03/31/2010 12:24:45 PM PDT by pb929
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To: pb929
Does anyone else think that putting the words Iran and Sanctions together in the same sentence is just a bad joke at this point?

It's most likely already too late, if not very, very close to it.

5 posted on 03/31/2010 3:17:12 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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