Sec. of Defense Gates: "..The question of whether Iran made a formal decision to move towards the development of nukes, uh, is in doubt...”

LR, here

"Former President Clinton on Iran, to David Gregory, in a “Meet the Press” interview taped yesterday: “I always think it's a good idea, if possible, to look somebody in the eye and have a chance to have a conversation before there's a total breach. But I think this is actually healthy that this has broken. The Iranians must have known that the Americans knew, somehow they must have found out that." 

--Defense Secretary Gates to George Stephanopoulos, for ABC’s “This Week”: “[M]y personal opinion is that the Iranians have the intention of having nuclear weapons. I think the question of whether they have made a formal decision to move towards the development of nuclear weapons, uh, is in doubt.” 

--Gates, to John King for CNN’s “State of the Union”: “The reality is, there is no military option that does anything more than buy time. The estimates are one to three years or so. And the only way you end up not having a nuclear-capable Iran is for the Iranian government to decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons, as opposed to strengthened.” 

--Secretary of State Clinton told Harry Smith for CBS's "Face the Nation" that the Iranians will have to "prove it" if they want anyone to believe their nuke program has peaceful intentions...."