Diplomacy still the preferred option with Iran: Panetta
Asserting that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, the US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said the “diplomacy” is still the preferred option for the Obama Administration in this regard.
“I continue to believe that there is time and space for an effort to try to achieve a diplomatic solution, which remains, I believe, the preferred outcome for both the United States and for Israel,” Panetta told Pentagon reporters at a joint news conference with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak yesterday.