State Department Retreats on Efforts to Free Iran

The Bush administration is backing away from efforts to help free Iran, having concluded that the job is best left to Iranians themselves, who aren't yet ready. That's the message conveyed by the State Department's number two official in testimony on Oct. 28 to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Regime change in Iran - is that our policy?" asked Sen. Charles Hagel, Republican from Nebraska. "No sir," Deputy


2003-10-30 00:00:00

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