Posted AT 3:47 PM EDT on 23/07/08
Obama defends plans for direct talks with Iran
SDEROT, Israel — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended his proposal to negotiate with Iran Wednesday and said he would use "big sticks and big carrots" to persuade the country's leaders not to develop nuclear weapons.
"My whole goal in terms of having tough, serious direct diplomacy is not because I'm naive about the nature of any of these regimes. I'm not," Mr. Obama said at a press conference.
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