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Transcript: BIDEN ISSUES STATEMENT ON NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
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- December 3, 2007
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
12-03-2007
For Immediate Release BIDEN Issues Statement on National Intelligence Estimate
December 3, 2007 Washington, DC - Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) issued the following statement today
after the release of the National Intelligence Estimate: ``The conclusions
of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran`s nuclear intentions
and capabilities are, figuratively speaking, explosive. Iran stopped its
weapons-related work in 2003. And while it has resumed work on uranium
enrichment, it is still at least several years away from producing the
fissile material it would need for a nuclear weapon. ``This means that
the ...