Admiral Mullen Favors Diplomacy With Iran Regime
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NEWPORT, R.I. — The Navy admiral tapped to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, said yesterday he favors a diplomatic approach in dealing with Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, yet he offered few clues on how he would handle the war in Iraq.
“I’m concerned about what Iran’s doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, you know, broadly providing capability to which we are losing American soldiers on the ground and Marines on the ground, and I consider that not to be acceptable,” he said. Still he called diplomacy “the right path.”
