SECRETARY POWELL: Here's why I think it's a good deal.

HILLARY: By the time President Obama took office and I became Secretary of State, Iran

was racing toward a nuclear capability.

WALLACE: Iran went from zero known centrifuges in operation to more than five thousand.

HILLARY: I traveled the world, capital by capital, leader by leader, twisting arms to

help build the global coalition that produced some of the most effective sanctions in history.

HILLARY: This is what diplomacy and engagement is about… This is in the interest of our

people, our security, our safety, and our friends and allies.

INGRAHAM: China and Russia’s not going to go along with this, and we can’t move if

they’re not going to go along with it.

HILLARY:Today I am pleased to announce to this committee, we have reached agreement

on a strong draft with the cooperation of both Russia and China

SECRETARY GATES: She played a critical role in getting the much tougher sanctions on Iran,

and getting particularly the Russians and the Chinese on board.

CHRIS LAWRENCE: The State Department had finally persuaded Russia and China to get on board

with sanctions, so Secretary Clinton had the leeway to set that bar much higher.

HILLARY: That pressure gave us the leverage necessary to get to the negotiating table.

They have been on a super highway for the last ten years to create a nuclear weapon.

And so we have stopped this highway race that they were going down, and I think that's very, very important.

HILLARY: This agreement, combined with strong enforcement and deterrence, is the only way