Senior US Envoy Joins Iran Nuclear Talks

By George Jahn, Associated Press U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns arrives for a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Mohamed ElBaradei (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) Vienna, Austria (AP) - A senior U.S. envoy will sit eye-to-eye for the first time Saturday with a top Iranian nuclear negotiator, a sharp reversal in U.S. policy that aims to entice Tehran into ending activities that could be used to make atomic weapons. The move to send Undersecretary of State William Burns to the Geneva nuclear talks has raised the hackles of Washington hardliners who say it signals U.S. weakness. But supporters insist because both Tehran and the United States want to ease tensions, the move could breathe life into deadlocked nuclear talks. On the eve of the meeting, French Foreign... [read full story]