http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/political-tidbits-coleman-up-by-two-votes-obama-to-name-iran-outreach-coordinator/ Members of Barack Obama’s transition team met with representatives of 29 Jewish organizations—read the list of issues discussed and the guest list here. Sam Stein of the Huffington Post talks to one person at the meeting who said Iran was a hot topic: "They assured us, as the vice president-elect has said, that the Iran/nuclear issue is one of the things at the very top of the agenda," said an attendee. "They repeated the idea that we should be focusing on it diplomatically and not just militarily. Some of the more right-wing groups were saying that it can’t be carrots and no sticks, that we are running out of time.... The Obama team said [in response] that preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons is an issue that the president-elect, as he’s made clear during and after the election, considers a primary concern. It is not something that will fall off the radar." en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-12-19T;21:22:00-05:00