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Ellen Laipson advocates diplomacy over military action in Iran on VOA News

December 16, 2010

Obama administration says that economic sanctions against Iran are having an impact, and the international community is cutting back on commercial ties with Iran.  However, another Obama official told a group of Iran experts that the U.S. still wants badly to engage with that nation.  Both events played out against a backdrop of leaked documents quoting Arab leaders as urging the U.S. to consider military action against Iran.

In this piece by VOA News, Stimson president Ellen Laipson call for renewed diplomacy over military action.

View the whole piece here.