Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.26.2008 PARIS — Barack Obama, nearing the end of a fast-paced international campaign trip, warned Iran on Friday, "Don't wait for the next president" to take office before yielding to Western demands to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. "The pressure, I think, is only going to build," the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said at a news conference as he stood beside French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Obama spent less than five hours in the French capital, time enough for his motorcade to drive past curious Parisians gathered along the sidewalks hoping to catch a glimpse, receive a greeting from his host on the steps of the presidential palace and then hold private talks before a news conference. The French president veered close to an endorsement of a man he called "my dear Barack...
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