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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Transcript:Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen on CBS's 'Face the Nation' : concerned about consequences of any strike on Iran - Iran shuldn't have nukes

CQ Transcript: Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen on CBS's 'Face the Nation'
July 5, 2009 - 11:48 a.m

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SPEAKERS: JOHN DICKERSON, GUEST HOST

ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN (USN), CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003158511
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DICKERSON: OK, let's go back to something also that Vice President Biden
said about Iran. He said that if Israel wants to launch a strike to stop
Iran's nuclear capability there's nothing the U.S. can do. Is that right?

MULLEN: Well, I have been for some time concerned about any strike on Iran.
I worry about it being very destabilizing not just in and of itself but the
unintended consequences of a strike like that.

At the same time, I'm one that thinks Iran should not have nuclear weapons.
I think that's very destabilizing. I worry about the proliferation of the
technology. I worry about other countries thinking in the region they might
have to have that capability.

So it's a very, very narrow window with respect to that. It's something I'm
engaged with my counter -- my Israeli counterpart on regularly. But these
are really political decisions that have to be made with respect to where
the United States is. I remain very concerned about what Iran is doing. They
continue to state sponsor terrorism. They continue to develop nuclear
weapons. They are a -- have been a destabilizing force in both Iraq and
Afghanistan. And that's really been the areas that I've tried to focus on.

DICKERSON: But a strike is not a military -- I mean that's not a political
decision if the Israelis make a strike, that's a military consequence you'll
have to deal with.

MULLEN: I think actually, you know, should that occur obviously all of us
will have to deal with that.

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