New York, NY - The Iranian nuclear program is picking up speed.  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has authorized enrichment of uranium to higher levels.  The Iranians have informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that it will enrich at least some of its low-enriched uranium stockpile to 20 percent.  This is the level considered capable of being classified as highly enriched uranium.  The Iran nuclear weapons threat capability grows by the day.

Speaking to Iran's Arabic al-Alam television, Salehi said Iran would start the process in the presence of inspectors and observers from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The move follows an order Sunday by President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to go ahead with further enrichment, one of the many varying responses Iranian officials have given to a U.N. plan to enrich the uranium abroad.

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There was talk over the weekend that the Obama Administration considered Health Care Reform dead.  But that is being countered on the Republican Side:

“We're still looking at a way to do comprehensive legislation. Certainly, certain provisions have to be dropped out. The Nebraska deal and other portions of that -- even Sen. Nelson has said he doesn't want that in the bill. … But the goal is still to try to get comprehensive healthcare passed,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said on Sunday morning.

Republicans had considered the legislation all but dead after voters replaced former Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D) seat with Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown, who ran on a pledge to be the 41st senator to filibuster the healthcare bill.

But House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) conceded on a different show that the controversial measure was alive.

Read More: thehill.com/homenews/house/78933-healthcare-not-dead-says-van-hollen-boehner-agrees