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Kerry: Obama Remains Willing to Hold Bilateral Talks With Iran’s ‘Elected’ Government
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Posted on 02/27/2013 4:48:38 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Kerry: Obama Remains Willing to Hold Bilateral Talks With Iran’s ‘Elected’ Government February 27, 2013 By Patrick Goodenough

(CNSNews.com) – Describing Iran as a country with an “elected” government and a “remarkable history,” Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday reiterated President Obama’s willingness to hold bilateral talks with the regime.

“It’s a matter of public record that he personally communicated to the supreme leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] that he was prepared to engage and to discuss these issues,” Kerry told a news conference with his French counterpart in Paris.

Responding to a reporter’s question about negotiating with a “terrorist” regime, Kerry pointed out that “Iran is a country with a government that was elected and that sits in the United Nations.”

“And it is important for us to deal with nation-states in a way that acts in the best interests of all of us in the world,” he added, drawing a parallel with President Reagan’s willingness to sit down with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Nixon’s decision to engage with China.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, speaking through an interpreter, said in reply to the same question, “If we were only to discuss with full democracies, the ministers for foreign affairs would have a lot of free time.”

Kerry also said that Obama “has made it clear that he will entertain the notion of a bilateral discussion” with Iran.

“The president has said publicly on any number of occasions, and it’s a matter of public record that he personally communicated to the supreme leader, that he was prepared to engage and to discuss these issues,” he said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Politics/Elections; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; johnkerry; kerry; russia; waronterror
Well there you have it.......
1 posted on 02/27/2013 4:48:42 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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2 posted on 02/27/2013 4:50:53 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Sub-Driver

Commie/Traitors the entire lot of them!!!


3 posted on 02/27/2013 4:52:10 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Sub-Driver

...an Obama has the perfect experienced surrender monkey installed to negotiate terms on his behalf.


4 posted on 02/27/2013 4:54:17 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: TADSLOS

...and


5 posted on 02/27/2013 4:55:35 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Sub-Driver
It took John Hanoi Kerry 40 years to get a legit job in foreign negations after his talks with North Vietnam in the 70’s. Is he going to sell us out again?
6 posted on 02/27/2013 5:08:11 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Sub-Driver

That’s what they teach in Community Service 101.


7 posted on 02/27/2013 5:16:41 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Sub-Driver. No good having the carrot without the stick:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/27/17118363-us-allies-planning-direct-aid-to-syrian-rebels?lite


8 posted on 02/27/2013 7:02:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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9 posted on 02/28/2013 5:18:21 AM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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10 posted on 02/28/2013 5:18:56 AM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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11 posted on 02/28/2013 5:19:55 AM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: Sub-Driver

Ah...but the question is:

Will Iran’s ‘Elected’ Government be Willing to Hold Bilateral Talks With Obama?????? LOL.

I wouldn’t be. And I am not even a sworn enemy of the USA.


12 posted on 02/28/2013 5:25:58 AM PST by left that other site (Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
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To: Sub-Driver

John F. Kerry right reading for high echelons of government

You have the right to be stupid.
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You have the right to be an attorney. If you cannot or will not be an attorney, all the attorneys will snicker at you behind your back.
You have a right to be taken seriously, provided you remain stupid.


13 posted on 02/28/2013 7:40:14 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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Hasn’t he done that yet? What’s taking him so long? Still waiting for a return call from the Syrian franchise of the MB?


14 posted on 02/28/2013 7:50:56 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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