Rumsfeld:
“The Iranian regime is today the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism,” he said in prepared remarks. “The world does not want, and must work together to prevent, a nuclear Iran.”
Bush, S.O.T.U.:
“The same is true of Iran, a nation now held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people. The regime in that country sponsors terrorists in the Palestinian territories and in Lebanon -- and that must come to an end. (Applause.) The Iranian government is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions, and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons. (Applause.) America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats.