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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 20, 2007. Diplomacy is the United States' preferred path to try to resolve suspicions that Iran may be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon, Rice said on Friday. REUTERS/Oleg Popov

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 20, 2007. Diplomacy is the United States' preferred path to try to resolve suspicions that Iran may be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon, Rice said on Friday.

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WASHINGTON | Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:16pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diplomacy is the United States' preferred path to try to resolve suspicions that Iran may be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.

"It is important to note that we have set out a diplomatic path that includes negotiation as the preferred means by which to resolve this issue," Rice told reporters at a joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.
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