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Q Any comments on Iran or Lugar's most recent comments that the U.S. needs to take action against Iran?

MR. McCLELLAN: That we need to take action against Iran? Well, I think Secretary Rice expressed last week that if the regime continues on its current path, that it's time for the United Nations Security Council to take further steps on the diplomatic front. And that's what she said last week, and that's what we continue to believe. This is a regime that is only further isolating itself by its recent announcements and its continuing behavior. And it's time to address this matter at the Security Council if they're going to continue on that course.

Q Does the U.S. government know whether or not they have the P2 centrifuges that will help them get closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon? Do you know that, or not?

MR. McCLELLAN: I don't have any further update on that. But if the statements prove to be true, it would be a very serious concern. Undisclosed work on P2 centrifuges would be a further violation of Iran's safeguard obligations, in addition to those that have already been identified by the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Such violations and failures by the regime to comply with its international obligations run contrary to the regime's claims that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes.

The United Nations Security Council, as I mentioned, has called for the regime to comply with the requirements of the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency. If the regime does not, then it is time for further action by the Security Council.

Thank you. Have a good day.