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Obama to Netanyahu: U.S. has Israel's back listen

03/05/12 wire reports including AP
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Tags: Israel, Palestine, Iran, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu

Despite their sometimes public disagreements, leaders of the U.S. and Israel are showing some unity today on the issue of Iran's nuclear program.

As he started several hours of meetings at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama said the U.S. and Israel agree that diplomacy and sanctions are the best ways to resolve the crisis with Iran.

But Obama added that the U.S. will consider all options in confronting the future possibility of an Iran...

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What to do in Iran and Syria? U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor answers listen

02/28/12 Janelle Irwin
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Tags: kathy castor, Iran, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, Israel

Last week, WMNF caught up with U.S. Representative Kathy Castor to find out what she thought about military intervention in Iran and Syria. Castor hopes problems in both nations can be solved without violence. As U.S. officials continue to view Iran as a nuclear threat, she’s staking some of that hope on tightening financial sanctions.

“The military and civilian leadersh...

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One of the Nation's Top Peace Lobbyists Calls for Trying Diplomacy with Iran

02/22/12 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Diane Randall, Friends Committe on National Legislation, Quakers, Peace conference, Iran, military spending, nuclear weapons, Rob Lorei

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll spaek with the Executive Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation- one of the few peace lobby groups in Washington, D.C. We're going to talk about the potential for war with Iran, the Pentagon budget, nuclear weapons and other peace and social justice issues. Plus we'll take your phone calls. FMI FCNL

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The coming war with Iran?

12/22/11 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Iran, Leon Panetta, Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, nuclear weapons

Earlier this week US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta claimed that Iran could make an atomic weapon in one year, and said that Washington will take every step “necessary” to stop Tehran's nuclear program.

In an interview with CBS News aired on Monday, Panetta said, "It would be sometime in around a year they would be able to … (build a nuclear weapon).”

Panetta said "If they proceed and we get intelligence that they're proceeding in developing a nuclear weapon, than we will take whateve...

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Obama says Palestine must be based in 1967 borders listen

05/19/11 wire reports including AP
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Tags: Barack Obama, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt

President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. Israel's prime minister has rejected that, saying return to the borders before Israel occupied the Palestinian territories would spell disaster for the Jewish state.

Obama outlined U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa in a speech today.

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Violence continues in Libya as US and others mull intervention listen

03/01/11 wire services
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Tags: Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, democracy, Yemen, Palestine, Gadhafi, Iran, Oman

Residents of the rebel-held city closest to Libya's capital are celebrating after fighters repelled an overnight attack by forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Witnesses say the pro-Gadhafi forces battled the rebels for six hours, but couldn't take control of Zawiya.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Congress today that the U.S. must lead an international response to the crisis, including a no-fly zone.

Clinton says the Obama administration may seek the prosecution o...

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Tampa Pension board to divest from Iran, Sudan listen

09/21/10 Kate Bradshaw
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Tags: Iran, Sudan, Seth Nelson, City of Tampa

Following the lead of numerous city and state governments, Tampa’s General Employee Pension Board decided today to do away with indirect investments in Iran and Sudan. Lawyer and city council candidate Seth Nelson says he applauds the board.

The state passed the Protecting Florida’s Investment Act in 2007. The Tampa Police and Fire Pension Board voted to follow state guidelines last month. Nelson says the sectors affected are petroleum, military, and energy production. The Obama Administr...

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Author Stephen Kinzer On The Reasons The US Should Improve Relations With Iran And Turkey

07/01/10 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Stephen Kinzer, RESET, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel

In his new book Reset (Times Books), award-winning foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer argues that the two countries in the Middle East that will be America’s logical partners in the 21st century are Iran and Turkey. They share strategic interests, like a stable Iraq, stable Afghanistan, and stable Pakistan; and their people also share a desire for democratic values. He also recommends that the United States reshape relations with its two traditional Middle East allies, Israel and Saudi ...

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Veterans from Operation Free want less dependence on foreign oil listen

05/06/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: climate change, climate, Iran, military, veterans

A small group of military veterans is traveling the country and taking out television ads to convince Americans to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Robin Eckstein and Matt Victoriano from Operation Free are in Tampa to stress how climate change threatens national security.

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Afghanistan and Pakistan Symposium listen

03/29/10 Doris Norrito
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Tags: international politics, Afghanistan War, Pakistan, Iran, China, global values, International Monetary Fund

Adnan Mazarei, assistant director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), spoke at USF today. USF officials said IMF policy did not permit his address to be recorded.

In a question-and-answer period that followed, Stan talked unofficially and gave only his first name. He works as a South Asia analyst for the United States Central Command, and gave his assessment.