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Kerry credit for pushing so hard and making these talks start again. >> mark, you know about dipl diplomacy in this region and hamas is not included because of their refusal to announce violence, but a strong political voice in that region. a lot of people in the palestinian territories feel hamas speaks to them. how does that play into peace talks in the region? >> basically carved out of this. theyre not going to participate and the fact is they are increasingly, believe it or not, mara, very ...

Decade about how much al qaeda has been weakened by the war on terror, but does this contradict that? do these closures suggest they are stronger than weve been led to believe? >> i dont want to say its contradicted and david has put his finger on it. the fact of the matter is weve always known despite the killing of osama bin laden that theres been a series of franchise organizations directly related to al qaeda. theyve been in the caucuses in the north africa and the al qaeda which committed a...

Choices, frankly, should give all of us hope that these negotiations actually have a chance to accomplish something. >> now, david, you were with secretary kerry on his trip to the region in june. with everything else thats happening there, with egypt, with syria, why is the administration taking this on now? this is always a monumental challenge. >> its a good question. really kerry himself, personally. i talked to other people in the white house, as well. from the beginning when he came into o...