Bush says diplomacy first option on Iran

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla., May 9 (Reuters) President George W. Bush said today that his administration viewed diplomacy as the first and most important option in dealing with standoff over Iran's nuclear program.

Bush spoke a day after Iran's president sent the U.S. president an unprecedented 18-page letter, which Bush administration officials dismissed as a move by Tehran to divert attention from the nuclear issue.

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