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Pentagon plays down remarks by Panetta on Iran
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The Pentagon on Tuesday sought to play down remarks by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta who has suggested Iran’s nuclear program could be on a faster track than previously suspected.
In an interview with CBS News, Panetta said Iran could have anuclear weapon in a year or possibly sooner and that the timeline might be different if Tehran had a secret “hidden” site.
“It would be sometime in around a year they would be able to do it (build a nuclear weapon),” Panetta said in the interview aired Monday.
“Perhaps a little less. The one proviso is if they have a hidden facility somewhere in Iran,” he said.
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