On May 18, 1993, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, Martin Indyk, delivered an address focusing on the Clinton Administration’s strategic overview of Iraq and the region. “The new approach was termed ‘dual containment’ and derived from an assessment that ‘the current Iraqi and Iranian regimes are both hostile to American interests in the region.’ Rejecting the notion that U.S. policy would be predicated on each of them balancing the other, Indyk stated that the United States, working with its allies in the region and beyond, would henceforth contain (and balance) both. There was no talk of regime change…”
– Richard N. Haass, War of Necessity, War of Choice, Pages 156-157