Here. Please no live blogging or tweeting. Corker its a pleasure to be with you. I do enjoy doing these kinds of things. I realize that it is a gift to serve in the senate and to wake up on a daily basis and deal with issues that matter. I have enjoyed very much dealing with senator menendez. We have a number of issues in the senate. We have had a good run as far as causing things to happen. I think, instead of me giving a lot of opening comments i would rather just take questions. Cook let me throw a one or two ceremonial softballs in the monitor tradition. What do you expect from tomorrows meetings at camp david and how worrisome is it that some gulf state leaders did not show up or are not showing up . Corker behind the scenes many expressed great frustration. You know, we bump into these people, and there is a lot of concern about the realignment they see taking place and concerns about just the iran deal itself. There are some concerns about some of the positions that the United States has taken in yemen or the calls that are being made to calm things down. Some is real. Some is convenience issues of leaders being here. But certainly, there was an arms producer in my office yesterday, this is certainly anecdotal. But i do think there is an effort in the region now to really begin building up militarily and concerns about the United States commitments to the region and to various entities that have been our allies. I think it is real and some folks not being here is a matter of convenience. One last one from me and we will move around the table. Alan a colleague from Fortune Magazine wrote that the us cannot deliver on a trade deal it has spent nearly a decade negotiating. What is your view of what happened yesterday in the senate . Corker the second week of dealing with the iran bill trade had entered as a complicating factor. Generally speaking, i very much agree with that writer. I was in Southeast Asia last august. I think for us to fail to pass tpa and then fail on tpp would be a major setback. It is very important in many ways, and good for the citizens of our countries. I think it is going to be dealt with. I was talking to staff coming over here and understand there is a new offer, if you will, relative to moving this package along. There are differing viewpoints as to what happened coming out of finance and what the commitments were relative to which packages would be linked together at what times on the floor. But based on what i understand ten minutes ago coming into this meeting is maybe there is a path forward. It is important to our country and incredibly important to the region and this is something where we cannot fail. We have to reach an agreement and move ahead with tpa. We want a balanced and fair trade agreement and we dont want to, like we have done on other things we need to continue to negotiate in a way that is in our national interest. But tpp done right is important for the country. Cook john stan from buzz feed . John the administration has been criticized for checking out on the negotiations. Where does that stand . What could it do to pick up the ball . Or is that sort of too late . Corker; i notice the media is not tuned out on that for some reason. So, look. I have spent a lifetime trying to produce outcomes, do things that matter, produce results. And i think all of you recognize that at least the way the amf was sent forth, the passage of it is going to have zero affect on anything that is happening on the ground at present. Every witness coming from the administration states they believe the administration was already on legal grounds in going after isis isil whatever you want to call them. This isnt a pejorative statement its an observation. No democrats supports it as it was sent over. And no republican, or i dont know of any, but i dont think any republican nor democrat, believes there is a strategy, if you will in, in syria, relative to the entire conflict. Republicans are looking at what was limiting amf. They are concerned about embracing that because then it would appear you are embracing a nonstrategy in syria. There is a few complications here. And the whitehouse is going back to the end question and exhert zero effort. There is going to be no effort whatsoever to pass it. I appreciate them talking with members on the committee. Now, i agree with many people who inquired that it doesnt mean we should not deal with the issue. Their staff, my own staff, is divided. Mostly believe they probably are at the fringes of what they are doing being legal. Its on the fringes. Much of what the democratic push, again this is not pejorative, most is limited on the next president. It isnt about authorizing what is being done, it is about limiting the next president. If you look at those things it is a different type of authorization is it not . The activities have been underway for some time. We are beginning to have discussions. What i dont want to do is go through a process that indicates for to rest of the world that somehow the United States is divided on the issue of dealing with daesh. I dont want to do that. I dont think that is a good thing for our country. On the other hand i understand that if there is a path forward, where you can complete the process successfully, it is Something Worthy of pursuing. We are beginning to have those conversations to discuss how we rectify the forces that have been a part of this from the beginning. If a path forward can be seen that can be solved, none of this has one iota of affect relative to what is happening on the ground. Now i will stop there. There are things on the ground that need to be dealt with. It is pretty fascinating and one of the big problems with the administrations Foreign Policy is there continues to be divisions. It is amazing. If you are in the building and in the whitehouse your voice is obviously heard. If you are outside of the building then in essence it is very difficult to have any impact on the Big Decisions that need to be made. But think about it. We have a clean and equip program underway. You know, it is a train and equip program that is overt other alleged programs that have been underway to go after a different enemy. But you know, in a public forum, the joint chief is saying that you know, obviously it is a practical issue to have a train and equip program and know you will introduce people trained in isis to go back to the arena but they have not asked for an authorization. They are debating that. They know as a practical matter it will absolutely fail because you will no longer be able to recruit people to the program that are going to be barrelbombed but they have not asked for that. It is an interesting in the very beginning, i have huge respect for our state Department Envoy general allen. He is a true patriot. I have spent a good deal of time on the phone with him and in person. But it is evident that again the administration has not been willing to make decisions that will cause things to move along. It has to be frustrating for all of those who occupy space outside of the building i would say probably including the Vice President. But you know these decisions are not being made. The humanitarian issues, which i think one of the lowest moments of u. S. Foreign policy, the lowest moment of u. S. Foreign policy since i have been in the senate which is eight years and four or five months was the time frame in august 2013 when we figuratively jumped into the russians lap to avoid dealing with assad. And the affects around the world are real and deep. I think it is going to take a long time to overcome that. I think that is one of the reasons you asked me the earlier question about people in the region right now in iran and this meeting taking place next week created huge distrust. I could give you, me travelling to saudi arabia immediately thereafter, and the kinds of things that have been said about our country and our willingness to actually follow through. Again, let me come back to that. The minor decisions, well i dont want to say they are minor, but the decisions of getting turkey involved on the ground, and the fact that, you know, the nofly zone if you want to call it. We use air exclusion zones because we can do it in a different way than the norm in certain areas of syria, but not dealing with the humanitarian crisis that has come out of this is beyond belief. I have been to the refugee camps. I cannot go again. I cannot go again because i have been there and looked these people in the eye whose sons and nephews and cousins and uncles and brothers have been part of the opposition. And we told them what we were going to do and we did not deliver. 220,000 people at least are dead. We have not done the things we said we would deliver. The general cratered and may be making his way back in now. But there is a lot to this that makes the aumf more complicated than the norm. Not the least of which is obviously a lack of commitment by the United States to actually deal with the issue. I have wandered around on this area. I use to use the word containment to describe what we were doing in syria and it would upset Administration Officials when i used that word. Now they use it. Cook zach from politico. Yes, sir . Zach yesterday, senator shelby unveiled his bill to help community and regional banks and the fed and mortgage finance. What do you think of the bill . And we are already hearing senator brown and warner say it is overreach. Do you think senator shelby will have to dial it back to win the democrats . Corker i dont know. I think there are real concerns on the democratic side about the bill. As far as how it will be handled, i dont know. I am just getting to go through it. My staff went through it extensively title by title. I think there is huge issues around the Community Bank issues that need to be dealt with. Some of the other areas are where the division began. I dont know enough yet to answer. It seems like that with every question you ask me. I have not had a conversation yet with shelby. I dont know what his plan is. Obviously what i dont want to participate in is a solely partisan effort that doesnt produce an outcome. Back to my earlier comments, i think we understand a partisan effort on a banking bill is not going to produce an outcome. What i would like to see us do is figure out a way to produce an outcome. I hope that is where senator shelby is and wants to be. As to if this is the beginning document and he plans to move in various directions i dont know. But hopefully i will in the next 24 hours. Cook mary . Mary you told me a couple months ago you would rather lay down in the Railroad Tracks than have another short term extension. Seems to be that is where we are headed. What did you think . Corker look, the writing is on the wall. I will be stunned if republicans deal with the Highway Trust Fund responsibly. It isnt going to happen. The republicans, my friends, us, i am part of this although i disagree with this policy. We are becoming the party of what conservative means is spending almost the same amount, sometimes more, but not paying for it. And that is conservative behavior today. It isnt what i grew up or what tennessee as you know embodies. We have zero road debt in tennessee because we pay for our roads as we go. But the budget i think you know we had a little hitch there and im ready to make a point and made multiple conversations on both sides of the capital to talk about this next years progress. The first step toward showing we can responsibly deal with issues that matter is the highway bill. But it very much appears to me there wile be a kick the can down the road. We will engage in generational theft again what we are good at doing and do something irresponsible. This is like the simplest math issue right . People talk about Social Security being a simple math issue and medicare is more difficult, but the Highway Trust Fund is certainly the simplist of math issues. It has been paid for by user fees. It is absolutely evident that republicans are not going to deal with user fees. You would think the next step would be to lower the amount of money going into the infrastructure. If you are not raising user fees you would think you would spend the amount of money coming in. That is not going to happen. We will spend the same amount. And we will kick the can down the road. Irresponsible, total failure abdication of leadership and again, the definition of conservative is now becoming spending the same amount of money about not paying for it. Cook chuck of the st. Louis postdispatch. Chuck the hundredth anniversary of what the pope and many other say is Armenian Genocide passed last month. The president hasnt used that term over the last seven years and didnt this year even though there was anticipation he might. The turkish government has hired the former speaker of the house as their lobbyist. What do you think it says about the lobby in this town and about the power of the revolving door . Corker you are more attuned to the revolving door issue than i am. I am still attuned to inside the building. The turkish issue, and the genocide issue, and the call from armenians to declare it in a certain way there are significant, you know, relationship issues that exist with turkey. I dont really think the cause of things not being more publically discussed is the revolving door. I think it is the relationship we have with turkey and it is important to so many things happening in the region. Cook francine from the monitor. Francine i want to go back to the aumf but tie it with iran. In both cases, congress wanted a say on aumf and on what to do about the iran bill. But it seems like once they get the opportunity to have their say they cannot figure out what they want to say on aumf. There is no agreement on what to do. Is that what is coming if we get a final iran deal . It comes to congress . It can not figure out what to do . It cant agree on how to deal with the bill and how to act on it . Corker with all do respect, i think that is a very unfair assessment. The first step in an aumf is to send one over. What congress has done, and i hope the house and senate will do or hopefully what the house will do this week is pass something. I hope they take back the power from the president. He has the National Security waiver today and that has been taken back. It is interesting i read today some of the stories many of you write and the discussion about democrats, you know, trade and countering the president , on iran it was fascinating to me how as we continue to chip away there is an avalanche of democrats willing to take back power from the president on iran. It is pretty fascinating. It took a lot of work. We got menendez and mccain who were close to the administration and they lobbied and lobbied and the president had him over multiple times. Then we end up having an avalanche. The aumf is an intellectual exercise. It is not something that is producing a result. We need to deal with it. But i do think they are on the fringes legally and operating in a legal fashion. I think that it is debatable. If i win the whitehouse maybe i shouldnt say that. They are close to the line. It will not change what they are doing. They cannot agree. They are having internal debates and been frozen for a long time. They have a policy of containment and you are not seeing much in the way of results. Cook paul from the Washington Examiner . Paul you were named one of the time top 100, i think. And your colleague alexander said you should be secretary of state you are such a great guy. I thought that was a nice thing to say. I was wondering, and understand you are both from tennessee, this relationship you have is beneficial and helpful to the state. I was wondering if you can talk about the secret to having both senators work so closely together and the benefit to a state like yours. Corker i could not be more fortunate to work with someone like Lamar Alexander who wakes up every single day trying to bring out the best in those around him. Lamar is someone who i first thought about running for public office, statewide, i sought out and spent a lot of time talking with. He and i both loved and cherished howard baker. Lamar was his staffer back in the day when senators have one staffer. There is a longterm relationship there. As a matter of fact we are having dinner tonight. But i do think it is beneficial in our state to have two people that dont compete in any way. Two people that wish only the very best for the other. Two people that celebrate the successes of the other. Two people who are very different with different backgrounds and have focused on different sets of issues and candidly follow each others lead when we know the other person has more expertise and knowledge in other areas. Lamars knowledge of higher education, having been president over university, over a University Oh university of a university and mine are very different. It is a great relationship. It is rare. You watch people in the senate and sometime people of the same party have more rivalries than you can imagine. And that is not the case with us. Andy glass from politico. Thank you. Following up with a question for the german, feature the chair around, the chairman, stipulating for the record, a deal with iran from the administration can be made and if congress is unhappy with the results it is not eager or willing to lift the sanctions. My question is are you concerned that russia, china, and maybe france will say we are out of here and the United States will be isolated on this issue . Yes, if the p5 plus 1 come to an agreement and the United States leadership obviously is a part of that and things come to congress and Congress Says no we are not satisfied with the deal. I understand fully the precarious situation that puts the United States congress in and our country. I understand. What i hope is going to happen and we know for sure that in switzerland during the political agreement time that took place around the first part of april i know for a fact that when the negotiators thought that congress was going to play a role, it looked like there was momentum that it had a positive affect. Ok . What i hope is going to happen is it will have a positive affect as we move ahead. One of my fellow senators mentioned to me that in the senate, the concerns they have been raising on the sunday Morning Program or whatever, immediately there is a call from john kerry immediately. I think the congressional involvement will help ferret out questions but also answers to those questions. I had breakfast a week ago with secretary kerry and expressed a lot of concerns. I mean look. Kerry comes across i am sorry. There is a colloquial way to describe this and i will not use it in this setting. I used it with him. I used it with them, ok . Look, he appears to be a guy who just wants a deal whatever it takes to do a deal. He seems so like the least little thing iran brings up he is so anxious to resolve it and caused them and cause them not to be concerned. It feels rather preverse if you will. The present out there, trying to the president out there, trying to if you notice it is , like he is giving away the negotiateing ability. He is trying to address and answer the questions publically. It isnt what you do when you are hoping to get a deal that will stand the test of time. So i do hope congressional involvement stiffins the spine of the administration and caused many of the issues to be cause many of the issues to be resolved. One of the issues that i think is going to be the most difficult is the issue of prompt inspections. I just do not see how that issue gets resolved. One thing we have to do to make this whole effort something that is worthy and worthy of what is happened but also also worthy from the standpoint of us acting responsibly but one thing we need do is make sure senators understand fully coming up until the deal happens, comes up, and people under what is important in a deal like this. What are the things that matter and make sure we raised those issues with the administration as we move ahead. I do think there is a psychology here that is very concerning. From your standpoint, a deal that involves partial inspections. Senator corker i am telling you they cannot answer the question now. Up until the day that, you know, the veto quote, john kerry was lobbying against the bill at 11 30 that day and i asked him a question in that classified setting relative to inspection and they cannot answer the question in an appropriate way. I mean what now is contemplated is something that is bureaucratic. Remember when Saddam Hussein kept keeping inspectors out of iraq . It was like, he kept moving the ball. We have this process where inspectors would go in but the ball kept being moved and months and months would go by and finally when the inspectors got in the site they went to was cleaned up. It feels very much like something similar. Algebra i dont know how we will get beyond that issue. I hope that we do, and let me service. Save this. I do hope that the p5plus1 comes up with an agreement to withstand the test of time. I do. And i think the questions now that congress is raising now will be very beneficial to getting a deal that will stand the test of time. I do think that otherwise the administration has been trying to run over issues that are of significant importance. We have about 21 minutes left and nine people on deck so we will not get to everybody. Similar corker senator corker i want to bring something up if i could. Sure. Senator i just thought it. I think yesterday something happened that i think is a potential game changer relative to fisa. As you know, this whole issue on if we will expand it where we are or if there will be a libertarian bent that changes to some degree what we are doing on meta data . I am going to say to you that i think there was an ahha moment yesterday for people on both sides of the aisle. When we realized ihow little data that is being collected, how little data is being collected it is a shock. I think if americans knew how the program was being implement ed today people would say oh gosh they are listening to my phone calls, which of course is not happening and you will you all know that you all know the on the meta data program, it is almost malpractice. I think it is shocking to know this. The program is actually not the program that i thought it was. Not even close. And i think that what you may see happening over the course of the next few days are inquiries on both sides of the aisle. This was a bipartisan thing that this i think very unhealthy libertarian bent after the snowden affair, very unhealthy relative to the National Security interest. But i think you will see people on both sides of the item pushing in a different direction, wondering why not more data is part of the database being used to protect our citizens. As a matter of fact, the way it is being implemented today i dont know see how it is useful at all to the American People. And i am shocked, shocked again by these small amount of data used by the program. It needs to be ramped up. I think you will see potentially people on both sides of the aisle pushing for that which is a very different push than was occurring before a 4 00 briefing yesterday. Is that a full Senate Briefing yesterday . Senator corker yeah. I want to ask you a follow up on what you just said it. Can you talk about what the gaps are, the most important gaps that have to be filled . Where should the government be collecting more data . Senator corker i cannot, unfortunately, i dont know why not, but the officials giving the briefing didnt want that information laid out there. I would love to share it with you. It again, it is beyond belief , it is beyond belief how little data part of the program. And the type of data, especially if the goal is to deal with terrorists or to uncover terrorists. They unfortunately have caused that to be classified. You will write about it in 24 hours i am sure. That is the way it all works. But no, i cannot. Do the American People have a need to know and a right to know how much and what kind of senator carper let me service senator corker let me say this. Generally speaking americans that due to have a concern did it have a concern about privacy dont need to be worried about that. I think what has been additionally irresponsible is the lack of desire to explain what the program is. Instead there are all of these myths about what the meta data program is. Ok . Lots of myths. And the myths have created concerns among the American People. End i understand there would be concerned but if you look at the reality of the program there are no concerns and i can assure you and i am using this with a degree of rhetorical, people certainly shouldnt be concerned about privacy. What they should be concerned about is the lack of focus on the program. The lack of it is not prolific in any way. And i am incredibly disappointed that, you know, we have allowed a program that is so important to the National Security to be so ineptly carried out. Ineptly carried out. The amount of Data Collected is so minimal that you would almost think you would not have a program like this. And certainly but the characteristics of this you got to report on later as others talk with you publicly. I just cannot do it. I have to go. Because i have other people waiting. I apologize. Craig gilbert. Milwaukee. One of the items was the effort by senator isaac. To get compensation for americans taken hostage in 1979. Do you support that as a separate matter or think the issue is relevant to our nu our negotiation negotiations with iran. Yeah, we will have a markup on the bill on the 13th or 14t. 14. A week from tomorrow. I have not seen the final tax. I know thats the that he mentioned something to me in the last 48 hours. I made a commitment to have a markup during the process. Obviously we are going to honor that. He was telling me he had to pay for a good one. Let me look at what he is going to do. I want to look at the text before deciding if i am for or against it. Generally speaking, i think he is raising a legitimate issue of concern and glad he pursued this and appreciate he was a gentleman in the way that he is doing it, not to attach it to other negotiations. I can understand his concern and can also understand why the administration wouldnt want that to be part of the nuclear discussion. I will go slightly out of order to, i am sorry, go ahead. I am going to go slightly out of order so that each organization gets one question. Rachel from cq. You mentioned the place is full at the moment. The white house obviously such over the protocol for the sent over the protocol for the treaty to have central asia being referenced in the bill. There are two different treaties related to Nuclear Terrorism improving Nuclear Security making it more difficult to extremists to acquire materials that are awaiting ratification. Do you thing those issues were given consideration with Everything Else going on . Senator corker i think you asked me this in the last 48 hours. I will get back to you. I have not looked at them yet but i promise you i will get back to you. Jessica from huffington post. Can you talk about the provisions about Guantanamo Bay and the efforts to limit the president s ability to transfer the detainees. Senator corker i have not seen the mda. I know that senator mccain and graham have been working on language relative to gitmo but i have not seen it. I am sorry. Christina patterson from the wall street journal. Of the house is going to pass a bill today that does reign in the nsa to come extent. How do you see this being resolved if there is a large bipartisan vote on the house side with what you and majority leader mcconnelly want to do on the senate side. Some do corporate senator corker well i think i had to leave the briefing yesterday to go to another meeting at five and understand it went on for a while. I really do think that what happened yesterday very much changed the equation. The remote. Very much. I dont think anyone in the room had any idea how miniature nonencompassing, and had any idea of the lack of commitment to this program in the first place. I think there was huge shots and disbelief at what was being said. So i dont know. I am going to say today i know there are going to be a number of conversations taking place because it was such a game changer relative to people thinking about the entire issue. If you ask in the hallway today, which i know you well, wil l, i think you will see a lot of puzzlement by people on both sides of the aisle. I dont know if i have really a good sense as to whether i am just talking. But, you know, the way the bill i dont know. It is possible. Maybe this libertarian bent bill if you will maybe it causes the program to be more encompassing than today. I dont know. It really has changed the dynamic of the way people are looking at it. Why do you think Republican Leaders alloweded the house and senate to go in such Different Directions . Senator corker i dont know that i can speak to leadership issues. I know we have a few days left. One of the things that i am shocked at the administration and this program. And by the way this has been going on and i am shocked. But at the same time i think the administration is very committed and we have to have an ex ex an extension. Somebody has to occur. It is possible, christina, with the puzzlement everyone left with yesterday it may be slightly more likely, this is me talking and this isnt my issue. This is taking place through intelligence and other places but it may lead to more interest in a more short term extension. As people get a grip on what has not been happening in the program. Liberty knox from yahoo. Good morning, sir. How are you . Senator corker good. Part of the discussion on the internal division on syria policy, you suggested the Vice President is frustrated with the policy. Could you shed a little more light on that. How do you know he is frustrated and what would he like to see happen . Senator corker i just think i dont ever wish to get into private conversations because then they end but i think that generally speaking you have all written about this. But lets face it, anybody who is outside of the internal offices of the white house has very little impact on the Big Decisions relative to Foreign Policy. It is just a fact. I mean, i think you know that. If you are the chief of staff, if you are in the building, you have a lot of impact but it is very evident decisions are still not being made. If you are outside of the building, you have very little impact. I do think that the way we have impact is by pressing issues publically. I mean, i think the administration is obviously, like most administrations, attuned to public opinion. And i do think we shape things that way. But you are right. Do think that the white house would call up the chairman of the Foreign Relation Committee and ask for help would be farfetched. [laughter] senator, back to iran if i could. Now the dust has dropped from the quite astonishing bipartisan view you and senator curt got on the bill end. Do you have a view of the process you will get if the administration gets the deal at the end of june . When are they going to bring it to you . Is the senate going to have enough time to deal with it . In the past, you have been courageous in pre predicting outcomes. If they come to you with an agreement that confirms to the fact sheet that they released, where do you think the votes are now . Senator koerber senator corker i dont want to say grace over the fact issue because so many facts are missing in the fact sheet. But i will generally talk about the fact sheet and say that look, many quote, and i dont want to overuse red lies, but many things that were not going to happen are going to happen. Fordo is still going to exist and they will describe it like a museum entity and they will have more centrifuge centrifuges and iraq is going to produce platonium. Right . So those things are obviously things that were never going to happen. It is possible there is still a way to deal with those issues in an appropriate manner because we know of those issues. I think, you know, there will be concerns because of the underground location. About how we deal with that effectively. But again, i want to get back. I think it is the things we do not know. One of the most shocking things to me was a statement made by the negotiator that they could pass a Lie Detector Test on if there were previous military detentions of their program. Meaning that he says there are not. We know that is not true. Ok . We know we dont knowknowknow but we know they were involved in military things. And so our negotiators act like isnt it great dealing with a guy who is honest and i said i dont think it is great we have negotiators who dont even know the extent of this. The extent of what the iran program was in the past. Getting back to the other piece i think the issues of what we dont know. The activities that can be happening to us. I still think they are going to be the most difficult to resolve. As far as the process, we spend a lot of time because of the 52 day time period, in the house parliamentarian and a lot of time talking to cardinal and others about the kind of things that will have to happen. The 30 days doesnt start until everything is delivered. All of the materials, the annex, and you remember last time, it took months to have a written document. Right . So, you know, it is going to be interesting. Can you reach an agreement on june the 30th, quote, quote quotequote, and deliver all of these materials in five days . I dont think so. I think that, you know, and so we spent a good deal of time trying to understand with each other and what does it mean to get all of the materials . So, yes we talked about it. It is going to have to happen quickly. That is why i say but it is going to have to be force full when it comes. We will have to work to make sure people understand the details of what a bad and good deal might look like. Could that be in september . Senator corker it is possible they may not reach the deal by june 30th. Right . We obviously with the annexes. Similar corker it could drag out for some time. If the materials are delivered after july 9 because of the reasons recess there is extended time to deal with. Senator, i want to can you about the renewal of the Nuclear Cooperation agreement with china. It seems pretty clear now that actually that agreement was violated in the transfer of technology civilian technology for military uses. I am wondering if it is your view that the extent of the violations risus to opposing renewal and also more broadly how this whole issue of this fits into confronting the increasingly aggressive china . How that fits . Similar corker that increasingly aggressive china issue we will deal with at 2 00 during a hearing. It is kind of coincidental that today there are discussions about coming within the 12 nautical mile area of some of these created land masses if you will in the south china sea. Look, you know, china lets face it. We have these merchant dont mercantile interests. Westing house is the entity that is most involved and china is going to be the biggest user of new Nuclear Facilities over the next, you know, period of time of any country in the world by far. They are going to build more than we have over the next period of time. From the mercantile stand point if is important. Westinghouse is owned by toshiba, i think you know. You know there is a push by the Nuclear Community to make sure we can sell the goods and services. And so you know there is that push. At the same time, you know look, china does use a technology that we transfer to them. And will use it. We know this. Let me tell you this again we , know this. While i think it is article eight, section eight, of the agreement states you cannot transfer civil material into military operation. We know they are going to do it. Our witnesses yesterday said that. You know, we know that they are in violation of the Nuclear Supplier group issues. We have these two facilities in pakistan. One and two. We know they are not in compliance. We know that they are saying they will not be in the future. We know that there are entities that we believe they could easily shut down that are involved in proliferation. They are transferring dual use items and technology to iran. It is pretty interesting. I thought the witnesses yesterday were really good and transparent and acknowledged these things but still believed. But we go a step further. By the way, china is going to do all of this indigenously over time. So in essence we know the window is going to close over time. The thinking is, by the administration at present and we will see what the senate besides, look, they are going to do this indigenously overtime so lets take advantage of it. We know they are not acting in good faith but we think it is in the national interest. I do not know the scope at present. I know there are a lot of concerns. I say this euphemistically, if you will. I think there have been some discussion about these Companies Say we might as well sell it to them and get a price because otherwise they are taking it through cyber. It is an interesting issue and one that i know has caused a lot of consternation. I do not know where it will end up. We are out of time. We have people still waiting. I want to apologize to them. I want to thank you for coming. We appreciate it very much. Thank you. [inaudible] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] next, u. S. Mayors discuss the problem of Youth Violence followed by a panel of younger people offering perspectives. After that a conversation with the comcast ceo brian roberts. The Fourth AnnualNational Summit on preventing Youth Violence was held in washington, d. C. This week. 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