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Obama’s State of Union speech: double standards on nuclear power?

Iran Accuses Obama of Double Standards on Nuclear Power Voice of America 28 Jan 2010 Iran is accusing U.S. President Barack Obama of double standards for supporting the building of nuclear power plants in the United States while threatening Tehran for pursuing a similar goal.

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency made the comment in response to Mr. Obama’s State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday.

In that speech, Mr. Obama urged lawmakers to support the construction of a new generation of safe and clean nuclear power plants.  He also repeated U.S. accusations that Iran is using its nuclear program to pursue atomic weapons in violation of international agreements.

Mr. Obama warned Iranian leaders that they will face “growing consequences” for continuing to “ignore” those obligations, as he put it.  Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful………..http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Iran-Accuses-Obama-of-Double-Standards-on-Nuclear-Power-82953967.html

January 29, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, reactors