of the big white house push to sell this nuclear deal here and abroad dispatching secretary carter. the region certainly first and foremost it is about reassuring iran netanyahu has called this deal a stunning and historic mistake. defense officials say while carter is over there meeting with netanyahu, he will reiterate the u.s. and israeli roe best defense relationship. he will discuss more intelligent sharing and more coordination aimed at reassuring the israelis of what this deal with iran could potentially mean for their own security. fred? thanks so much. coming up we ll talk more about the iran deal with former state department adviser, aaron david miller. we ll be right back. while you re watching this
pro-israeli group apac before his big speech in front of a joint session of congress on tuesday. how joint it will be will be interesting, if the democrats show up. netanyahu is calling his trip a crucial and even historical mission as he tries to pursue the u.s. not to make a bad deal with iran. his visit is sparking already plenty of controversy in d.c. a group of democratic lawmakers say they will skip the speech on tuesday what i awa alluding to. and president obama will not meet with the prime minister while he is in the united states, all this adding to some concerns that u.s. relations with israel are reaching a new low point. secretary of state john kerry downplaying those concerns, however, saying the defense relationship with israel has never been stronger. president obama has done more to ensure the security of israel by the creation of iron dome, by the development of weapons that are specifically calculated to be able to deal with iran s nuclear weapon problem, and the
pro-israeli group apac before his big speech in front of a joint session of congress on tuesday. how joint it will be will be interesting, if the democrats show up. netanyahu is calling his trip a crucial and even historical mission as he tries to pursue the u.s. not to make a bad deal with iran. his visit is sparking already plenty of controversy in d.c. a group of democratic lawmakers say they will skip the speech on tuesday what i awa alluding to. and president obama will not meet with the prime minister while he is in the united states, all this adding to some concerns that u.s. relations with israel are reaching a new low point. secretary of state john kerry downplaying those concerns however, saying the defense relationship with israel has never been stronger. president obama has done more to ensure the security of israel by the creation of iron dome by the development of weapons that are specifically calculated to be able to deal with iran s nuclear weapon problem, and the p
we ll be down to about half of that by the end of the year and then by the end of 2016 we ll be into a normalized opposition where we have our embassy and small number of troops to protect the embassy. we re getting an indication that as many as 1,000 american troops will be stationed in and around the u.s. embassy even after 2016. is that right? the numbers are not yet set but here s what would happen. there would be a certain number of troops required to secure the embassy and we re talking probably in the hundreds. you also have, in any embassy where we have a defense relationship with the host country, some troops who are working on military contracts, you have experts who help them acquire and use it. and then those advising of the afghans, the defense ministry, other security ministries, you ll have some folks there to do that. tell our viewers why it s in their interests, american citizens, to spend tens of billions of dollars to stay in
hands. look, a few weeks ago, putin put $15 billion of aid to the yanukovych government on the table. that s his bid to bring ukraine towards russia. i don t think that sanctions are the way to go. i think we immediate on show the ukrainians they can have a defense relationship with the west and an economic relationship. that s the kind of incentive they need to hear. not sanctions. thank you so much. john bolton, we will have you back soon. we appreciate your insight. that does it for us. i m ba i m back for another hour of news starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we will see you then. .