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Bush Team to Consider Policy Shift on Iran
(Financial Times-UK) Guy Dinmore - President Bush will meet with his national security team Thursday to discuss whether to adopt a big shift in U.S. policy that would involve joining Europe in offering inducements to Iran to end enrichment of uranium. A U.S. official said he did not expect a decision to emerge from the session that stems directly from Bush's commitment to "consider" the proposals put to him by European leaders last month. Bush's readiness to change course is seen as a vital test of the future of the transatlantic relationship. It also sparked an intense debate in Washington, with conservatives expressing shock that he might even contemplate a policy of de facto engagement with Iran even if conducted through the EU.