Mr.Obama urged Tehran to agree to a U.N.proposal to ship its uranium abroad for processing, adding that time for diplomacy on the issue is running out.

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But two years of U.N. diplomacy, negotiations and chronic stalemates at the Security Council have so far failed to produce an effective solution in Syria.

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Various U.N. resolutions, numerous shuttle diplomacy missions and the Oslo process have all been predicated on the land-for-peace proposition.

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We knew that the U.N. ambassador didn't have that portfolio for diplomacy.

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