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December 20, 2011

Panetta Warns Iran Could Build Nuclear Bomb With One Year’s Time 
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta appeared on CBS News last night
and warned Iran could assemble a nuclear bomb in a year or less. Panetta
becomes the latest Obama administration official to openly talk about
Iran becoming an nuclear state, even though no evidence exists that Iran
has a facility to build such a weapon. Panetta was interviewed by CBS
News anchor Scott Pelley.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta: "The United States does not want Iran
to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us and that's a red
line, obviously, for the Israelis ... If they (Iran) proceed and we get
intelligence that they are proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon
then we will take whatever steps necessary to stop it."



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