?: Why are you ignoring the recent overtures from Iran.
President: We spent a lot of time talking about the Iranian issue. Our goal is to convince others in the world that Iran with a nuclear weapon is dangerous. How to achieve that goal is the fundamental question.
We talked about how to convince the Iranians that the coalition we put together is serious. We strategized how to convince our partnesr that the Security Council is the way to go.
The Iranians walked away from the table. They have to suspend operations. It's dangerous to think of Iran with a nuclear weapon. Of course we'll look at all options.
President: I read the Iranian president's letter, it was 16-70 pages. They are pressing for a nuclear weapon and he didn't address the issues. We have no beef with the Iranian people. We respect the culture of the people of Iran. We want an Iran that is confident and free.
At the same time, we'll continue to work with a goverment that isn't budging so we have to ...
? Should the negotiations include a light water reactor?
President: They walked away from the table. We should let them know they'll be isolated. If they suspend, and the IAEA assures us the suspension is real, of course we'll talk about incentives.
? You've talked about the UN and know it needs vigorous leadership. Is that a job application? Do you have osmeone in mind and how will you get the reform you want.
Blair: We want to make sure the UN is effective for munilateral action. You have to have an effective set of institutions to take care of problems. The whole point about the internaitonal community is that these problems are needing to be tackled, problems are quickly felt around the world and we need a UN to take action.
We want to have Iran resolved through multi lateral institutions.