To be sure, those insisting that the Bush administration pursue the U.N. option profess a willingness to provide a blessing, after a fashion.

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Through the United Nations would be our preferable vehicle for that, and therefore we would look to the U.N. as a forum for evaluating that option.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Another option that NATO would be very much involved in is enforcing the U.N.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing