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We might hear from the prime minister opposed to the president, prime minister is much more concerned that this so-called breakout period during which iran might be able to go ahead and actually build a bomb the prime minister is concerned its a lot shorter than what the president might believe. >> thats the i think hes going to single on the most. this breakout capacity that some of the things hes hearing on the deal about the nuclear technology that iran would be able to maintain as part of a ...

Deal that we are trying to negotiate is to make sure theres at least a year between us seeing them try to get a nuclear weapon and then actually being able to obtain one. as long as weve got that one year breakout capacity that ensures us that we can take military action to stop them if they were to stop it. >> the president really going into specific details, making the case why his posture is superior, better in the long term than the posture put forward by the israeli prime minister. your rea...

Until june 30th, tom donilon had the presidents ear quite literally. that day was his last as mr. obamas national security adviser. hes now a distinguished fellow at the council on federal relations. he joins me now to talk about iran to winding down the war in afghanistan to mitigating tensions between china and japan. >> thank you, fareed. >> you were deeply involved in the whole policy with iran. it seems were at two positions that cannot be bridged. it appears that what we are saying is we n...

That it cannot have the kind of breakout capacity that -- he says we are not going to dismantle a single thing, were willing to freeze, were willing to have everything monitored, but no dismantling, how do you bridge those two positions? >> the reason were here is the enormous pressure that was put on -- president rowhani took a max mallist stand. theyre going to have to assure the international community in very concrete, verifiable and solid ways that theyre not working on a nuclear weapon. >>...

Program. so the question ultimately is going to be are they prepared to roll back some of the advancements theyve made that would not justify or could not be justified by simply wanting some modest peaceful nuclear power, but frankly hint at a desire to have breakout capacity and go right to the edge of breakout capacity. and if we can move that significantly back, then that is i think a net win. now, youll hear arguments including potentially from the prime minister that says we cant accept any...

You foresee iran to be six months from now with this? >> thats a very good point. it is a temporary agreement, a temporary agreement that gives, deals with the most pressing issue, the west had to address is iran using negotiating time to race towards some sort of breakout capacity. now, this negotiating time is impossible for iran to do that. this issue is addressed. meanwhile, inside iran, they can focus as well on some other challenges that are facing that country that have to do with the rig...