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Article: SEN. BROWNBACK COMMENTS ON NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 3, 2007
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The office of Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today commented on the new National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program.
"Here is what we know for sure about Iran: it has no need for nuclear energy, it is a theocratic regime that prioritizes the destruction of Israel, and Tehran is actively enriching uranium," said Brownback. "Today's National Intelligence Estimate stated that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons program but still desires nuclear weapons. Given the civilian nuclear work that the NIE did not analyze, as well as the bellicose statements from Iran's senior leaders, the threat of a nuclear armed ...