Sen. John McCain renewed his call for the United States to “pull the trigger” on sanctions against Iran and more, after a memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a long-term plan for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program.

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Sen. John McCain renewed his call for the United States to “pull the trigger” on sanctions against Iran and more, after a memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a long-term plan for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program.

Gates wrote the three-page memo in January and it set off efforts in the Pentagon, White House and intelligence agencies to come up with new options, including the use of the military, The New York Times said in its Sunday editions, quoting unnamed government officials.

Senior officials confirmed the existence of the memo to Fox News, but denied that the document prompted reassessment of diplomatic or military options.

“The White House has been planning for all contingencies regarding Iran since long before January,” one official said.

But McCain told “Fox News Sunday” that the memo was merely stating the obvious, and that regardless of what’s being done about it the United States needs to do much more than just threaten to take punitive action against Iran.

“I didn’t need a secret memo from Mr. Gates to ascertain that,” he said. “We do not have a coherent policy… We have to be willing to pull the trigger on significant sanctions.”

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