Nuclear Politics

Iran will strike Israel nuclear sites if attacked: Iran has the capability to strik Israel's nuclear sites firmly and will do so if it comes under attack, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Saturday.
http://www.france24.com/en/20090725-iran-will-strike-israel-nuclear-sites-attacked

Clinton mum on Mideast defense umbrella: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday she would not reveal any specifics of a possible defense umbrella to protect Mideast allies against Iran's nuclear program while insisting Washington remained open to dialogue with Tehran.
http://www.newsrunner.com/display-article/?eUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fhosted.ap.org%2Fdynamic%2Fstories%2FU%2FUS_CLINTON%3FSITE%3DCASRP%26SECTION%3DHOME%26TEMPLATE%3DDEFAULT&eSrc=Vernal+Express+-+Vernal+UT&eTitle=Clinton+mum+on+Mideast+defense+umbrella


Clinton's 'defense umbrella' has murky history: – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton set off tremors in the Middle East this week when she said a nuclear Iran could be contained by a U.S. "defense umbrella" — an offhand remark that appears to have emerged from obscure Washington policy debates and her own presidential campaign rhetoric.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090725/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_iran_nuclear

US Sends Senior Officials to Israel: Iran will top the agenda when American Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrives in Israel on Monday. Gates is expected to urge Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, saying the planned U.S. dialogue with the Islamic Republic deserves time to bear fruit.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/07/mil-090725-voa02.htm


Hillary Clinton: Iran's pursuit of nukes 'futile': "What we want to do is to send a message to whoever is making these decisions, that if you're pursuing nuclear weapons for the purpose of intimidating, of projecting your power, we're not going to let that happen," Clinton said.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25426.html

In case you missed it: Director of National Intelligence: Iran Has Not "Re-Started" Its Nuclear Weapons Program : Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) asked Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair to address the “confusion” about what the intelligence says about Iran’s weapons capacity. Blair said the intelligence community has assessed that Iran does not possess any highly-enriched uranium
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23141.htm