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Patience. and i think the final product that emerged out of the corker-carter negotiations we believe will not derail the negotiation negotiations. so that checked off one box. the second concern i had was just an issue of presidential prerogatives. there were a number of people who were supporting corkers legislation suggesting that the president needs to sign off on agreements. that is not the case. the president of the united states rather democrat or republican has been able to enter into po...

Emerged out of the corker/cardin negotiations, we believe will not derail the negotiations. so that checked off one box. the second concern i had was just an issue of presidential prerogati prerogatives. a number of people who were supporting corkers legislation, suggesting that as a routine matter, a president needs to get sign off from congress to negotiate political agreements. that is not the case. that has never been the case. this is not a formal treaty that is being envisioned and the pre...

I said the same thing when president bush entered into a strategic framework agreement with iraq in 2008 without the consent of the congress, the iraqi parliament had voted on that twice. we didnt even get to vote on it. i said that again when president obama went to copenhagen in 09 and said he was going to come back with a binding international agreement. i was the only member of congress who wrote him a letter saying you cannot have a binding international agreement without the consent of the...

Negotiating so have patience. i think the final product that emergedker carden e noes we believe will not derail negotiations. that checked off one box. the second concern i had was just an issue of presidential prerogatives. there were people supporting corkers legislation suggesting that as a routine matter a president needs to get sign off from congress to negotiate political agreements. that is not the case. that has never been the case. this is not a formal treaty being envisioned. the pres...

We opened up that country. i understand foreign policy issues in a way that on the one hand has been a part of my life and on the other has been an understanding of the different cultures around the world and how they look at us. so its not just iraq to me. and by the way, i think one of the things we should be focusing on more heavily in our discussions is the proposed agreement with iran. i think we need to take a very hard look at our position in that part of the world and how this might affe...

Opinion on whether congress gave away too much. they wanted something in it that said iran would have to give up any activities in terrorism that would impact the united states in any way and that would seem to be a deal breaker. iran will never sign something that says they cannot engage in terrorism. thats pretty incredible, senator. >> there is a reporting requirement to the congress about any activity iran is engaged in against the united states and our interests. there was a certification i...

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And really delivering a stern message. he has a stake in this. he wants this to ultimately succeed. he had a stern message for congress saying they would be the ones to blame in this deal ultimately is killed in the end. but now the president kind of realizing an openness potentially to have a deal that would potentially go through congress. they would be allowed to really register their complaints about it but it would not be a binding resolution. and thats key. many on capitol hill will likely...

Thats a little bit different from, you know, having something thats actually binding is a little bit different from having a way to express yourself in saying we want to have some conversation about the framework and the details as they get filled in. i think thats where you see some democrats who want to be part of the debate and the sort of reactionary language that you sometimes see on the right that i think is going to alienate a lot of these democrats. >> but john doesnt that -- if those de...

Immigration issues in this country? >> oh, absolutely. i think just in groups in general who are all from different immigration populations, i think they have been overlooked. for the korean adoptive community, there are a number that have been deported but also from latin america and other countries deported as well. you are sending back adoptees that were promised rights. it is a legally binding conversation to have. they were promised these things and are essentially sent back and deported be...