Diplomatic talks with Iran http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-26-fact-check_N.htm?csp=34 The claim: Obama was put on the defensive by McCain for saying the United States should be willing to talk to Iran without preconditions. In response, Obama said former secretary of State Henry Kissinger endorsed his position. McCain said Kissinger did not mean president-to- president talks.
The facts: Kissinger said in a CNN interview that aired Sept. 20: "I am in favor of negotiating with Iran." He said he would do it at a very high level almost immediately. "I actually have preferred doing it at the secretary of State level," he said. As for conditions, he said: "But I do not believe that we can make conditions for the opening of negotiations. We ought, however, to be very clear about the content of negotiations and work it out with other countries and with our own government." ON THE WEB: Read transcript of Kissinger's remarks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
