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atomic bomb. he told the reporter, i m quote, if we wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we re brave enough to say we want it but we d never do that, he went on to say that the arsenal of nuclear bombs worldwide has to be destroyed. and the subject of sanctions also came up, bill, the u.n. has passed a number of sanctions to try and get inspectors into iran, he says the sanctions aren t going to accomplish anything, they are in his words futile. bill: that s the topic on iran and we ll be visiting that throughout the week here. what are the goals here with these two summits in new york this week, david lee, what do they hope to get done? reporter: well, the millennium development summit is trying to eradicate poverty by the year 2015. the short history here is that in the year 2000, the first summit took place, they have a 15-year timeline to accomplish their goals. some may be met, others might not. one example here is to cut in half the number of people facing extreme poverty.

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