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Countries with very large evangelical christian populations. so you get some idea perhaps why they decided to go that route. >> joining us is david horowitz, the founding editor of the times of israel. john bolton, the new u.s. security adviser echoing many in the trump administration when he says recognizing jerusalem as israels capital makes peace easier. the point is we have no details on that u.s. peace plan. and given the timing, this highly politically charged week, it is understandable pa...

Immediately try to act upon. so we did begin a conversation with the department of defense which i think its fair to say, and as admiral mullen himself testified, see it is scope of the american diplomatic presence as beyond the capacity of the defense department to be responsive to. we had to begin to, first, look at the high threat posts and take the second layer about those we think could become more dangerous going forward and really begin this process which, as i told congresswoman duckwort...

Regime. and heres what he told us about why it was important. >> i think the idea of getting our embassy open makes good sense as long as we do it on the terms with the national security interest. and we would like to talk to the iranians about different suggests not only on the nuclear issue that blocks the bath to nuclear weapons. >> what are the other issues that he is speaking about, nile? >> i think the british government is looking for enhanced trade relations. there is a flood of european...

We have interests in iran just like the united states and every other country has interests in iran. so we need to see whether we can establish a dialogue on a number of different issues. the deal we struck in vienna is about a nuclear program. we need to have those channels which are open. i think the idea of getting our embassy open makes perfectly good sense as long as we docket on terms that are in our own national security interests and international agreements. we would like to talk to ira...

>> it means, thomas in the next couple weeks there will be an embassy open both in washington, d.c. and an embassy opened in havana. its a little different. it gives our diplomats, our people serving on the ground a little more flexibility. theyll be able to travel around cuba. theyll be able to receive visitors. it makes it more possible to be available and accessible to the cuban people and this is really an important step as we continue to further our diplomatic relations with cuba. >> jen, a...

Were opening embassies doesnt mean were in agreement on every issue. certainly we believe in the freedom of speech. we believe in the ability of people to communicate, and certainly increasing that and increasing resources to the people is part of what we want to do over the coming months with an embassy open there. certainly thats not what i would anticipate were going to pursue or approach as we take the next steps forward. white house communications director jen psaki. if you will allow me ...

Americans from the embassy or american citizens that either need or want to get out of south sudan or go to the embassy and help reinforce it, provide security in order to keep the embassy open. but those marines wont go, of course, unless the state diplomat makes t department makes the decision they need them. you will see in coming weeks other nations in the region try to make the effort i think to send in some peacekeepers to work on behalf of the united nations. the violence has begun to rea...