Jack Kingston

As reported in today’s Washington Times:

Iran’s president said yesterday that his country “has joined the club of nuclear countries” by successfully enriching uranium for the first time — a key process in what Iran maintains is a peaceful energy program.
The announcement from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was certain to heighten international tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program. The U.N. Security Council has demanded that Iran stop all enrichment by April 28 because of suspicions the program is designed to make nuclear weapons.

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Uranium enrichment can produce either fuel for a nuclear energy reactor — which Iran says it seeks — or the material needed for an atomic warhead.

The official line out of the Administration:

The White House, which is pressing for U.N. sanctions against Iran, said the enrichment claims “show that Iran is moving in the wrong direction.”

“Defiant statements and actions only further isolate the regime from the rest of the world,” said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

UPDATE: Ace of Spades HQ weighs in.