Obama Presses Israel to Resist Strikes on Iran.

WASHINGTON -- With Israel warning of a possible military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, President Obama urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday to give diplomacy and economic sanctions a chance to work before resorting to military action. The meeting, held in a charged atmosphere of election-year politics and a deepening confrontation with Tehran, was nevertheless ''friendly, straightforward, and serious,'' a White House official said. But it did not resolve basic differences between the two leaders over how to deal with the Iranian threat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]