White House sees progress from talks with Iran

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON – The White House said Sunday it sees signs of progress in confronting Iran's nuclear program while members of Congress endorsed authorizing tougher U.S. economic penalties against the Tehran government.

International inspectors are to visit Iran's newly disclosed uranium enrichment site on Oct. 25. That announcement Sunday capped a furious week of diplomacy, including Thursday's session in Geneva where Iran and six world powers resumed nuclear talks.

"The fact that Iran came to the table and seemingly showed some degree of cooperation, I think, is a good thing," said James Jones, President Barack Obama's national security adviser.

"But this is not going to be an open-ended process. We want to be satisfied. We, the world community, want to be satisfied within a short period of time," Jones added. "So it's not going to be extended discussions that we're going to have before we draw our conclusions to what their real intent is. But for now, I think things are moving in the right direction."


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