WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned on Sunday against quot;loose talkquot; of a war with Iran ahead of a crucial meeting in which he will urge Israel#39;s prime minister to avoid a premature strike on the Islamic Republic#39;s nuclear facilities. On the eve of his talks with Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama used a speech to the pro-Israel U.S. lobbying group AIPAC to pledge his staunch support for ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Sunday that he would use military action to prevent Iran from securing nuclear weapons, even as he urged Israel and its supporters to refrain from quot;loose talk of warquot; and allow diplomacy and quot;crippling sanctionsquot; to work.

President Barack Obama is defending his support for ally Israel against what he says are politically-motivated attempts to show him as less than fully supportive of the Jewish state.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama delivered his most explicit threat yet that the United States will attack Iran if that#39;s what it takes to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb.

Washington — President Barack Obama delivered his most explicit threat yet that the United States will attack Iran if that#39;s what it takes to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb. At the same time, he warned Israelis they would only make a bad situation worse if they moved pre-emptively against Iranian nuclear facilities.