Report on Nuclear Efforts Draws a Muted Response From the White House.

WASHINGTON -- When American intelligence agencies concluded four years ago that Iran had suspended efforts to build a nuclear weapon in 2003, the findings undercut the Bush administration's arguments for harsher international sanctions or even, from its more hawkish quarters, military intervention. Now, with the International Atomic Energy Agency detailing what it calls credible evidence of Iran's continuing efforts to design a nuclear warhead and install it on a ballistic missile, President Obama faces a problem over how to respond -- even as his options are more limited than ever. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]