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Incoming U.S. Defense Secretary Tells Senate Panel Israel Has Nuclear Weapons

Gates: Iran wants nuclear bomb because it is surrounded by nuclear powers, including Israel.

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Incoming U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told a Senate committee on Thursday that Israel has nuclear weapons, and that this partially explains Iran's motiviation to acquire nuclear weapons.

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