U.S. not planning for war with Iran, Gates says
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The United States is not planning for a war with Iran but is determined to stop Iranians supplying bombs for deadly attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Robert Gates, U.S. President George W. Bush's choice to take over the Pentagon, said on Tuesday America was not winning in Iraq and warned the Middle East could explode into violence.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday denied reports of discontent between Washington and NATO allies over Afghanistan, a day after a newspaper quoted him criticizing NATO's counterinsurgency skills.
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After a series of tough statements about Iran from the Bush administration, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ( news - web sites ) said Friday that a U.S. attack was "simply not on the agenda" for now in the ...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said  on Friday a military attack on Iran was not currently on the  agenda and played down differences with Europe in policy toward  Tehran.
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Robert Gates, nominated to replace Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. defense secretary, on Tuesday said all options for the war in Iraq were on the table, and that the U.S. course of action will determine the likelihood of a "regional conflagration" in the Middle East.
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An attack on Iran over its nuclear program is "not on the agenda at this point," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday on her first foreign trip since assuming her new cabinet position.
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Iran has said nothing to suggest it plans to suspend uranium enrichment, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice said she did not support a gasoline embargo on Iran as a   way of punishing Tehran for refusing to give up its uranium   enrichment program.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday rejected former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's statement that the Iraq war "is largely about oil."
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday he did not view China as a strategic adversary of the United States despite Beijing's growing military budget.
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The United States has &quot;no intention whatsoever&quot; of engaging in military conflict with Iran, the chairman of the US House of Representatives' foreign relations committee, Tom Lantos, said here on Wednesday.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Thursday that the United States is "ready, able and willing" to send troops to Pakistan if the government of the South Asian nation is interested.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday the United States would not repeat the mistake of neglecting Afghanistan and allowing it to become a haven for Islamic militants.
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President George W. Bush on Wednesday backed away from a U.S. claim that Iran's leaders directed an effort to give bomb devices to Iraqi militants and said he was not using the charges as a pretext for a war with Iran.
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Iran is believed to be years away  from having a nuclear weapon and the United States has decided  to use diplomacy, not military action, in dealing with the  issue, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a U.S. attack on Iran "is simply not on the agenda," despite the United States' continued criticism of Iran's human rights record and potential nuclear weapons.