Washington (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry, the president's nominee for secretary of state, put America's anxiety over Iran front and center during his confirmation hearing, saying the "questions surrounding Iran's nuclear program" must be resolved.
"The president has made it definitive," Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday during what is expected to be an easy confirmation process.
"We will do what we must do to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and I repeat here today, our policy is not containment. It is prevention, and the clock is ticking on our efforts to secure responsible compliance."
There are sanctions and they are
working, he said, noting Iran's currency, the rial, has dropped, and other
nations have been cooperating in reducing dependence on Iranian oil.
He said there is hope that
progress can be made on the diplomatic front with Iran, which says its nuclear
aspirations are solely peaceful. World powers believe Iran wants to build
nuclear weapons."Iranians need to understand that there's no other agenda here," he said. "If their program is peaceful, they can prove it. And that's what we are seeking." ...
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