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Susan Rice told AIPAC It was "neither realistic nor achievable" to expect Iran to stop enriching uranium: "We cannot let a totally unachievable ideal stand in the way of a good deal. I know that some of you will be urging Congress to insist that Iran forgo its domestic enrichment capacity entirely," Rice told AIPAC, as the crowd broke in to chear. "But, but, but as desirable as that would be, it is neither realistic nor achievable."

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2010 – Though considerable challenges remain in Afghanistan, success there is achievable and important, the commander of U.S. Central Command said here today. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus also noted progress in Iraq during testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. “We’ve spent much of the past year working to get the inputs right in Afghanistan,” Petraeus said. “We’ve worked to get the structures right, put the best leaders in charge, develop the right concepts and provide the authorities and resources needed for unity of effort. And with those inputs now in place, we’re starting to...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's vision of a world without nuclear arms is an achievable goal and the president will pursue it with an eye on the lessons learned from four decades of difficult diplomacy, the White House said Saturday. ... The challenge is to maintain an effective deterrent as long as there's any threat in the world, McDonough told reporters.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2006 -- Victory in Iraq is achievable, and retreat from Iraq is not an option, President Bush said today during a White House news conference. “We’re going to succeed,” he said. “We’re not succeeding near as fast as I wanted, and conditions are tough in Iraq, and particularly in Baghdad.” But Bush called the war on terror "the calling of our generation," and said success is essential for securing peace for future generations. Achieving this success, however, will require a sustained commitment by the American people and the military, Bush said, including a possible increase in...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, on a Christmas Eve mission to cheer up the troops in Iraq, promised them that no matter how bleak things might look at any one moment they will look back on their mission with pride. "There's no doubt in my mind, this is achievable," Rumsfeld told troops in Mosul just three days after the devastating attack on a U.S. military dining hall here. "When it looks bleak, when one worries about how it's going to come out, when one reads and hears the naysayers and the doubters who say it can't...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California could have 1 million buildings producing solar energy by 2018, with half of all new homes powered by the sun, administration officials said Monday as they outlined ways to meet one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's more ambitious campaign promises. The goal is to create a self-sustaining solar industry in 10 years, making the zero-pollution power source so commonplace and cheap that costly incentives are no longer necessary, said Joe Desmond, Schwarzenegger's deputy secretary for energy. Until then, environmental officials are considering funding methods that could include a charge on electricity bills to pay the estimated $700...