Obama, Republican candidates clash over Iran nuclear standoff
Iran's IAEA ambassador Soltanieh attends an IAEA board of governors meeting in V … WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama clashed with Republican presidential contenders on Tuesday over how to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, accusing them in the harshest terms yet of "beating the drums of war" while failing to consider the consequences. The Republicans, competing to be the most hawkish on Iran and favorable to Israel before the powerful pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, blasted Obama for a policy they said was too weak in backing the Jewish state and confronting Tehran. The Iranian nuclear standoff dominated Obama's first news conference of the year, held on the same day as the Republicans' pivotal Super Tuesday round of presidential primaries and during a Washington visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Insisting there is time for sanctions to work against Tehran, Obama made clear that in talks with Netanyahu he cautioned agai...
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