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Panetta: Iran Could Have A Deliverable Nuclear Weapon In 2-3 Years | Appearing on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Iran will need “about a year” to produce a nuclear bomb and “possibly another one or two years to put it on a deliverable vehicle of some sort.” Panetta reiterated the Obama administration’s position that “no options are off the table” and that the development of a nuclear weapon is a “red line for us.” Watch it:

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