US Growing Impatient With Iran

Gen. James Jones has the ramrod-straight demeanor and no-frills speaking style befitting someone who once was the commandant of the Marine Corps. And so it is with matter-of-fact precision that President Barack Obama’s national security adviser describes where things stand in the quest to walk back Iran’s nuclear program.

“Iran still controls its destiny on this issue,” he says in an interview in his West Wing office. The door to diplomatic discussion with the Iranians remains ajar, “but it’s not going to stay open much longer.”

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