(AP/Washington Post) Anne Gearan - Asked at a news conference in London whether the U.S. might attack Iran, presumably to head off the threat that Iran could use a nuclear device against Israel or other nations, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday, "The question is simply not on the agenda at this point." Rice said, "We believe particularly in regard to the nuclear issue that while no one ever asks the American president to take all his options, any of his options off the table, that there are plenty of diplomatic means at our disposal to get the Iranians to finally live up to their international obligations." Rice said there is broad international agreement that Iran cannot be allowed to use a civilian nuclear power project to conceal a weapons program.
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