10 things you need to know today: March 5, 2012

Obama and Bibi's big Iran meeting, Putin's disputed victory, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

President Obama meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday: Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will talk Monday bout Iran's nuclear program.
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1. OBAMA, NETANYAHU TO TALK IRAN

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sit down in Washington on Monday, and Iran is expected to dominate the conversation between Obama and Bibi. Speaking Sunday, Obama stressed that he preferred diplomacy to war, but said that "all elements of American power" could be used to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Over the weekend, both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich criticized Obama's handling of escalating tensions with Iran. "They talk and the Iranians build," Gingrich said on CNN. "We're being played for fools." [CNN]

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