October 31, 2007 (LPAC)--The beating of the war drums and outright threats of bombing and other attacks aagainst Iran by Vice President Dick Cheney and Republican Party Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, have compelled George W. Bush to issue a statement that such an attack is not being planned.

"There's no reason for people to think that the President is about to attack Iran. I think that we need to make that clear," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. "He doesn't want people to fear that, because what he is doing is pursuing a diplomatic track."

Perino pointed to Bush's meetings next week with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as evidence.

"He believes it's important for him to pursue every possible diplomatic means in order to persuade Iran to stop its pursuit of a nuclear weapon," Perino said. "I'm positive of that, and we're pursuing the diplomatic track.... Secretary [of State Condoleezza] Rice said we would meet with her Iranian counterpart anytime, anywhere."