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Which Way, L.A.?

Dissecting the Iran Memo

President Obama has tried diplomacy, but yesterday Iran announced that it's starting work on a new plant to enrich uranium. The President's fallback strategy is getting the United Nations to step up sanctions designed to prevent Iran from "reaching the threshold."

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

President Obama has tried diplomacy, but yesterday Iran announced that it's starting work on a new plant to enrich uranium. The President's fallback strategy is getting the United Nations to step up sanctions designed to prevent Iran from "reaching the threshold." That means developing the capacity to build a nuclear bomb. But what if that doesn't work? Sunday's New York Times revealed a Top Secret three-page memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates saying the US does not have an effective long-range policy.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Darrell Satzman

    Producer

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    David Sanger

    Pulitzer Prize-winning White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, author of “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend The West”

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    Tony Karon

    Time magazine

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    Michael Rubin

    American Enterprise Institute

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