Israel’s Barak Steps Back From ‘Iran Gaffe’

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has had to back down from statements he made on U.S. television on Tuesday that made him seem to empathize with Iran's alleged quest for nuclear weapons. On PBS's Charlie Rose show, when asked if he would "want a nuclear weapon"...

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Senator Proposes New Sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank

Senator Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) proposed additional economic sanctions on Iran on Thursday aimed at crippling the country’s central bank and stifling the Iranian economy. One of the bill’s top supporters, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), said, “Critics [of the sanctions] argued...

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