Senators Coats and Robb Warn Incoming Administration About the Threat of a Nuclear Iran

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an op-ed in today's Washington Post entitled, "Stopping a Nuclear Tehran," former Senators Daniel Coats (R-IN) and Charles Robb (D-VA) warn of the dangers of a nuclear weapons-capableIran. The two senators co-chaired the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Initiative task force on U.S. policy toward Iranian nuclear development. This task force developed bipartisan consensus recommendations to guide a realistic, robust and comprehensive U.S. approach towardIran.

"AnIslamic Republic of Iran with nuclear weapons capability would be strategically untenable," wrote the senators. "While a nuclear attack is the worst-case scenario,Iran would not need to employ a nuclear arsenal to threaten U.S. interests."

In outlining these principles for the incoming White House administration, the task force calls on the next president to seek a diplomatic resolution, negotiating from a position of strength, but considers military action to be a feasible option of last resort.

This high-level, bipartisan task force includes former senior Democratic and Republican officials, retired four-star generals and admirals, and experts in nuclear proliferation and energy markets.

Steering Committee Members: Daniel Coats, Co-Chair; Charles Robb, Co-Chair; Dr. Ashton Carter; Admiral Gregory "Grog" Johnson, USN (ret.); General Ron Keys, USAF (ret.); Dr. Ed Morse; Mr. Steve Rademaker; Ambassador Dennis Ross; Mr. Henry Sokolski; General Chuck Wald, USAF (ret.); and Dr. Ken Weinstein. Project Director is Dr. Michael Makovsky, Foreign Policy Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center. For more information on "Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development," or the BPC's National Security Initiative, please visit: www.bipartisanpolicy.org

About the Bipartisan Policy Center:

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Baker, Daschle, Dole, and Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics, and business leaders in the art of principled compromise. For more information please visit our website: http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/

Note: The findings and recommendations expressed within this report are solely those of the Task Force and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the Bipartisan Policy Center, its Advisory Board, or its Board of Directors.

To view the full text of the article go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203005.html

SOURCE Bipartisan Policy Center

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