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Comparing Bush's Comments with Iran's Record

By Mike Shuster, Melissa Block

Published December 4, 2007 at 1:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

How do President Bush's comments at his Tuesday news conference — and some of the conclusions of the National Intelligence Estimate — compare with the public record on Iran's nuclear ambitions?

While the president said the NIE backed his administration's policies, the public record does not always bear that out.

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Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.

Melissa Block

As special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism's highest honors, and has made her one of NPR's most familiar and beloved voices.

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