Netanyahu: ‘No Doubt’ Obama And Romney Are Equally Committed To Forbidding Iran From Going Nuclear

Appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked if he believes President Obama and Mitt Romney are equally committed to preventing Iran from going nuclear.

"I have no doubt that they're equally committed to preventing that," he said. "It's a vital American interest. It's an existential interest in my case, so this isn't the issue. We're united on this across the board."

He repeatedly declined to address Romney's charge that Obama has thrown Israel under the bus.

"You're trying to get me into the American election and I'm not going to do that," he said. "There's no bus and we're not going to get into that discussion. ... The only bus that is really important is the Iranian nuclear bus. That's the one that we have to derail. And that's my interest -- that's my only interest."

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Rice: ‘There Is Time And Space’ Before Iran Will Have Nuclear Weapon

Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice reiterated the United States' commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but said there is still time for tough economic sanctions to have an effect on CNN's "State of the Union."

"President Obama has been absolutely clear and on this there's absolutely no daylight between the United States and Israel, that we will do what it takes to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," Rice said. "We are not at that stage yet. They do not have a nuclear weapon. Our shared intelligence assessments is that there is still considerable time and space before they will have a nuclear weapon should they make the decision to go for that."

Earlier on the same show, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Iran's obvious intention was to build a nuclear weapon.

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