Tom Lantos Today Quotations

The ayatollahs of terror in Tehran were sent a bold message today that their clandestine efforts to build nuclear weapons, and their transparent lies of peaceful intent, will no longer be tolerated by the civilized world.

Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York and in foreign capitals to recruit the necessary 96 affirmative votes to seat the United States in the new council.