DAN ABRAMS: Joining me now, Steve Clemons, Senior Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think-tank… Are you telling me that there is a real possibility of war with Iran on the horizon?

STEVE CLEMONS, SENIOR DIRECTOR, THE AMERICAN STRATEGY PROGRAM: I think there`s a possibility of war on the horizon, but what I`ve written is that the president`s not there yet. The president is showing a diversity of options, some of them have teeth, and frankly, there`s a lot of diplomatic, economic and other options on the table as well. And I just don`t believe this is an Iraq replay… I just don`t see in his posture the fact that we`re already on a predetermined course to bomb Iran...

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