VOL. XLI

No. 17

27-April-1998

IRAN

Speech By Rep. Lee Hamilton Reassessing US Policy Toward Iran

The following is the text of a speech by Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN) reassessing USpolicy toward Iran delivered before the Council on Foreign Relations on 15 April 1998.Rep. Hamilton is the ranking Democrat member on the House Committee on InternationalRelations.

Introduction

My remarks this morning are premised on three propositions.

First, no country has caused the United States more anguish or more...