US Officials: Usable Iran Bomb Not Imminent
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 3:38 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iran could build a nuclear bomb in a year's time if it wants to, but would need more time to make the weapon usable against an enemy, U.S. officials told Congress on Wednesday.
A U.S. military attack on Iran is still an option to try to stop or slow progress to a bomb, Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy said, but not an attractive one.
President Barack Obama has said he won't ''take any options off the table with respect to Iran,'' Flournoy said. ''Now, that means to me that military options remain on the table.''
The administration has not concluded that a nuclear Iran is inevitable, Flournoy said, and considers the nation's potential to develop and use such weapons a primary national security threat.
(Original here.)
Filed at 3:38 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iran could build a nuclear bomb in a year's time if it wants to, but would need more time to make the weapon usable against an enemy, U.S. officials told Congress on Wednesday.
A U.S. military attack on Iran is still an option to try to stop or slow progress to a bomb, Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy said, but not an attractive one.
President Barack Obama has said he won't ''take any options off the table with respect to Iran,'' Flournoy said. ''Now, that means to me that military options remain on the table.''
The administration has not concluded that a nuclear Iran is inevitable, Flournoy said, and considers the nation's potential to develop and use such weapons a primary national security threat.
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