Acknowledging the grave challenge Iran and Libya posed to American interests, Congress enacted the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) in 1996. The effort was a good one and provided us, as Secretary Rice has said, "a useful tool" to combat both countries’ dangerous behavior. In particular, the existence of this law has underlined the depth of our 
global concerns about the spread of weapons of mass destruction and support for terrorism, and has given the United States a platform to raise those concerns with our allies.