andofcourse,oneoftheareasiamdeeplyconcernedaboutisiran,anditspursuitofnuclearweapo,becauseanuclear-armediranwouldshakethefoundationofglobalsecuritytoitsverycore.israelwouldbemostimmediatelyandprofoundlythreatenedbythisdevelopment,butisraelwouldnotbealone.knowingofiran''shistoricandpresenttiestoterroristnetworks,howwouldwefeel,hereinamerica,iftheiraniacouldstartproducingnuclearweapoatwill?howwouldtheeuropeafeelifirancouldstartnuclearweapoatwill?
soletusbeunequivocallyclear.anuclear-armediranisunacceptable,butitisnotjustunacceptabletoisraelandtotheunitedstates.itmustbeunacceptabletotheentireworld,startingwiththeeuropeangovernmentsandpeople.
iknowthatduringyourconferenceandintheloyingthatyouwillbedoingoncapitolhill,you''retryingtodrawattentiontothethreatthatisposedbyanucleariran.andicommendyoufortheseeffortthisisoneofourmostserioussecurityandforeignpolicypriorities.andweneedtomakeworkingwithouralliestopreventaniraniannuclearweaponatoppriority.
nowoneoftheterroristgrouthatiransuortsishezbollah.andweknowthathezbollahposesadirectanddirerisktothestabilityofthemiddleeast.syria''swithdrawalfromlebanon--whichisverygoodnewsforthelebanesepeople--alsocreatesanoortunityforhezbollahtowreakhavoc.
soweneedtoremainvigilantabouttheterroristthreatandworktostoptheflowofsuorttohezbollahfromsyriaandiran.andweneedtoconvinceoureuropeanalliesofhezbollah''sthreattoorderintheregionandtothecivilizedworld,andconvincethemtodesignatehezbollahasaterroristorganization.
andtheeuropeamustdomoretocutoffthefundingandthefund-raisingthatgoesonineuropeforhezbollah,hamas,andislamicjihadassoonaspoible.
now,therearemanyotherimportantandpreingiuesthatmustbeonouragenda,butiknowthatasyoutraveltothehilltomeetwithyourrepresentativesandsenators,youwillbepresentingaverythoughtfulandcompellinganalysisoftheseandotherchallengesweface.ithankyoufornotonlybeingwillingtosta