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U.S. Shifts View over Iran's Past Nuclear Work
(Wall Street Journal) Jay Solomon and Felicia Schwartz - Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that confronting Iran about its past atomic weapons work isn't crucial to reaching a nuclear deal, a shift of the U.S. position. U.S. and European negotiators have for months said a full accounting of Iran's past nuclear activities would be critical to sealing a final deal and guarding against Iran cheating in the future. "It's a mistake to think of the PMD [possible military dimensions] issue as simply dealing with the past, or as tantamount to requiring that Iran 'confess' to nuclear transgressions," said Michael Singh, a senior member of President George W. Bush's National Security Council. "Unless Iran addresses these questions, inspectors cannot be certain how much Iran knows about constructing a nuclear weapon."