Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay ... he wants to meet them without preconditions.
So the squeeze on Iran will not slacken in exchange for interim concessions either through easing sanctions or by scaling back the Western efforts to delay its nuclear programme.
Mr. Panetta and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates have argued that a military strike would at best delay Iran's nuclear development for a few years.
But in contradiction to Israel's insistence that the option of using force against Iran must be maintained, America's secretary of defence, Robert Gates, has cautioned that a military attack would only delay rather than destroy its nuclear programme.
If we were to launch an attack now against the Iranian nuclear facilities, we could at least delay the Iranian program for many, many years, and the cost of our intervention would, therefore, be far less than if we had to face a nuclear adversary, which is the option we now face with regard to North Korea, so, yes, you will see those kinds of arguments.
Centrica is explicit that there will be an indeterminate delay to the building of new nuclear power plants following the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
And China, which is building more than twice as many new reactors as Russia, the next fastest-growing nuclear power adopter, could be forced to delay its development, Mr. Carter said.
It is also unlikely to help those countries like Britain that are trying to obstruct and delay what they suspect is an Iranian nuclear weapons programme - a programme Tehran denies.
Clinton said that every year of delay in ratifying the treaty increases the probability that nuclear weapons will spread to regions with intense national rivalries and to rogue leaders and perhaps even to terrorists.
The proposed plan would retire seven cruisers early, delay construction of the next large-deck amphibious warfare ship by one year, cancel the second Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) in 2014, delay construction of two smaller amphibious warfare ships, and reduce procurement of littoral combat ships by two and joint high speed vessels by eight.
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There can simply be no further delay in entrusting the stewardship of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex to more responsible hands.
Critics of direct talks with Iran say the Iranians take advantage of such opportunities to delay sanctions against them while they continue to work on their nuclear program.
The councillors were due to come to a decision last year but asked for a delay - this week is crunch time for Cumbria's nuclear waste dump vote.
The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has called for access to Iran's Parchin military site "without further delay" and without waiting for negotiations to make progress.
Of course, with the nuclear stash he already has, North Korea's Kim Jong Il might not be fussed at such a delay.
Additionally, it would significantly increase stewardship and management costs and divert key resources from our critical stockpile sustainment efforts and delay completion of programs necessary to support the long-term safety, security, and reliability of our nuclear deterrent.
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