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Has the republicans involvement along the way damaged the negotiations? >> the sense that we have is that iran continues to be participating constructively in these talks. and the biggest concern that we had about the letter that was signed by 47 republican senators is that it eroded confidence not necessarily in the iranians you would have to ask them if that was the case but i think it raised some questions in the minds of our allies about whether or not the country of the united states was un...

Well. it catches headlines today but its actually not that new. between 2000 and 2004 we generated over 95% of total electricity from renewables. >> let me ask you this. is this a product of what we said a bunch of unique topgraphical features? could other countries be doing this if they made commitments and investments that you have? >> certainly you have to have the climate features. we have a lot of rain. we have mountains. you also have to have the policy. and the policy in costa rica is to ...

United states. and this change of environment has occurred. and today the united states government considers the government of afghanistan a really reliable partner. commitments that are made are considerable. and the funding proposal of supporting afghan security forces by 2017 and it has reached to $4.1 billion. its nothing less. its a significant issue. its a very important issue. and also yesterday, there was a new framework for economic cooperation laid out. an $800 million commitment was m...

Afghanistan people will endure. president ghani. >> president obama, first of all, i would like to express the deep sympathy of the government and the people of afghanistan to german and spanish families and governments. both of these countries took part in the coalition. they have had major commitments and sacrificed in afghanistan. would you like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to those common sacrifices and simultaneously take the opportunity to pay tribute to the 2,215 american servi...

>> raise the age of eligibility? >> sure >> so somebody who paid in their whole life into social security, happens to have been successful, all that money they were promised, no? >> well, look, i think any social security reform that you do for those people who are seniors, for those people near retirement, we need to honor the commitments weve made to them. >> youre talking about future generations. >> people my generation. im 44. there are not a lot of people in my generation who think social ...

It catches headlines today but its actually not that new. between 2000 and 2004, we generated over 95% of our total electricity from renewables. >> let me ask you this is this a product of like we said unique a bunch of unique topographical features? could other countries be doing this if they made commitments and investments that you have? >> certainly you have to have the climate features. we have a lot of rain. we have mountains. you also have to have the policy. and the policy in costa rica ...

Policy, so when he or she is negotiating a major agreement, you have to keep congress informed, but congress cant be informed of every last detail on negotiations. but it is going to be incumbent upon the administration, if a deal is reached, to come back, fully brief the congress make sure the congress has a complete understanding of what commitments have been made and what the roll of congress will be. if statutory sanctions on iran have to be lifted congress will have to lift some of those sa...

>> let me ask you this. is this a product of what we said a bunch of unique topographical features? could other countries be doing this if they made commitments and investments that you have? >> certainly you have to have the climate features. we have a lot of rain. we have mountains. you also have to have the policy. and the policy in costa rica is to go renewable. so we use wind. we use geothermal and so forth and they are complementary. we have to invest in wind power for the dry season. this...

There might be value, great value, just in you running. just by running. if you run well, in the right race, at the right time even if you dont win you could change the direction and commitments of one of the two major political parties in the country. which brings us to this guy. with big fanfare, today texas senator ted cruz launched what i believe is his dam pain for vice president of the united states. technically what he said today is that he is running for president of the united states bu...

The direction and commitments of one of the two major political parties in the country. which brings us to this guy. with big fanfare, today texas senator ted cruz launched what i believe is his dam pain for vice president of the united states. technically what he said today is that he is running for president of the united states, but -- at least nobody who is handicapping the 2016 race at this point seems to think there is any credible threat of that happening. i dont bet, im terrible at gambl...