Gary Samore
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"Gary Samore" is the Executive Director for Research of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

From 2009 to 2013, he served as President Barack Obama's White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), commonly referred to as the WMD "List of U.S. executive branch czars/czar." In the position, Samore "served as the principal advisor to the President on all matters relating to arms control and the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and WMD terrorism, and coordinated United States government activities, initiatives, and programs to prevent proliferation and WMD terrorism and promote international arms control efforts."

From 1996 to 2000, Samore served as Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Senior Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls at the National Security Council.

Samore also serves as the president of the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran.

Samore received his MA and PhD in government from Harvard University in 1984.

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On the other hand, if Moscow promised to support referral after another deadline, I'd be willing to accept a short delay.

Iran has to be nervous. They are half-way to the Security Council and they risk getting sent all the way.

The most difficult thing for leaders of the intelligence community is to tell the political leadership that they're really not sure, that they really don't have good information and therefore they're in the realm of guesswork.

The most interesting discussion is about political calculations and how Iran weighs the risks and benefits of acquiring nuclear weapons capability.

No one can estimate with any precision how long this will take.

In the case of Iraq the quality of intelligence and the analysis of that intelligence was abysmally bad.

This is unquestionably a bomb program.

Iran is now much less worried about the US attacking them because of the mess in Iraq... They're testing the waters.

I think it is an excellent proposal, but I am skeptical that the proposal would be accepted by the Iranian government.