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There are hundreds of memos being written right now throughout the government and throughout the pentagon as part of the normal policy planning process. >> i didn't need a secret memo from mr. gates to ascertain that. we do not have a coherent policy. i think that's pretty obvious. we keep threatening sanctions. >> it does represent however a very, very stuff problem. >> iran having a nuclear weapon would be disstabilizing and attacking them would create the same outcome. >> bret: a lot of questions about robert gates and the memo stemming from a "new york times" article on saturday that read ...

>> reporter: as the regime continues to move forward developing a nuclear capability, highly classified memo from secretary of defense gates to jim jones reported that u.s. does not have an effective long-term policy for dealing with this. at the white house, spokesman robert gibbs chose to address the issue by attacking the "new york times," which first published an article about the memo. >> i did find this fairly astounding that somebody could leak something, call up reporter and say here is what the memo says. and the reporters didn't see the memo. >> reporter: then he downplayed the signi...

>> reporter: as the regime continues to move forward developing a nuclear capability, highly classified memo from secretary of defense gates to jim jones reported that u.s. does not have an effective long-term policy for dealing with this. at the white house, spokesman robert gibbs chose to address the issue by attacking the "new york times," which first published an article about the memo. >> i did find this fairly astounding that somebody could leak something, call up reporter and say here is what the memo says. and the reporters didn't see the memo. >> reporter: then he downplayed the signi...

Throughout the government and pentagon as part of the normal policy planning process. >> reporter: memos about iran get more attention these days. >> shepard: no doubt. what is the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mullins saying? >> he's trying to reassure people saying there's been a lot of time and energy voted to iran and if the commander in chief wants a middle option, they're on the table and possible. although a last resort. that's not what the administration is pursuing. sew tried to make the case they worked really hard on a difficult issue here. >> shepard: mike emanuel at the pe...

Memos being written right now throughout the government and throughout the pentagon as part of the normal policy planning process. >> i didn't need a secret memo from mr. gates to ascertain that. we do not have a coherent policy. i think that's pretty obvious. we keep threatening sanctions. >> it does represent however a very, very stuff problem. >> iran having a nuclear weapon would be disstabilizing and attacking them would create the same outcome. >> bret: a lot of questions about robert gates and the memo stemming from a "new york times" article on saturday that read in part this. "defense...