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>> there is. and if the russians are convinced this is likely one and done and if the americans are convinced that russia will, through back channels, tell syria, we have no idea what went on here. and we want it to stop. perhaps if there arent provocations, they will go to the table and find the agreem t agreement. other message, the united states was not at any kind of table negotiating on syria last week. it was the russians who were out there trying to negotiate short-term cease-fires. the p...

Saved. a month ago he was sitting pretty. he had this guy in the white house who said we should work with russia. how stupid can you be to launch a nerve agent you were meant to have given up. this is an embarrassment for the russians and iranians, its also an embarrassment for the united states. we certified he could not do what he did. >> weve gotten this from secretary of state speaking from mar-a-lago. the u.s. is confident the geneva process will result in change. through the process we wil...

Anticipate that trip will go on. the you also talk about the comments of the secretary of state maid regarding assad he basically said steps are under way when he was asked whether the president will organ international coalition to remove him. they are telling me he is talking about a geneva process that has been in place with the united nations and the idea would be to first defeat isis, secondly begin to repair the area, return it to local control, and then from there work with resettling ref...

Issue of where did they go when the obama administration said they were out of syria. he says beyond this one airfield, there is still that threat in this syria. he said this was specifically at that airfield to push back at that specific facility, but it was not a small strike. it should be a big change in assads calculus. its the first time the u.s. has taken decisive action. that is the point. decisive action showing strength, showing after seven years of war crimes that assad cant continue t...

Immediate symbolic military response. we need to start with what is the political goal that were after in syria at a time when mr. trump is right, president assad is not going anywhere. we thought that somehow we could talk him out of power through the geneva process. at least mr. trump realizes assad is not going anywhere in the near term. i think were going to have to find ways to help protect the sunni muslims and kurds with a political model that didvolves power, and i think that kind of a m...

Period, with israel is ironclad. its not going to be changed. and we will meet our obligations and our commitments to israel with respect to its security, even as we try to nudge this process forward to end what has been too many years of conflict. and the other side of the coin, andrea, is theres this enormous set of possibilities for the economy, for what relationships could be established through the recognition that would come with peace from 57 muslim countries, 22 arab countries, 35 muslim...

Populations? >> well, andrea, as you know better than anybody, because youve been doing this a long time, there are limits on the ability of any nation to just spontaneously go out and use force whenever it wants. there are laws you have to follow and theres a process. the fact is that unless the nation that youre considering invites you in, unless youre doing it as a matter of self-defense or unless you have a u.n. resolution, there are greater limits than what youre able to do. the president h...

Going to create through the stability and instability of countries, to economies. this is growing in its urgency for us to respond to it. and so i will continue down that path with respect to the keystone, im prohibited under the process to discuss it publicly. and im not going to. im engaged in a very private, personal process within the department to look at the facts. and ill make my judgment based on the facts to make a recommendation to the president about the national interest. and im not ...

Case because of your but suit of the israeli/palestinian peace talks. your reaction? >> you know, its a very -- complicated, very difficult issue for a lot of people. its so emotional, so deep historically and culturally that i do not get agitated, i just dont let those things get in the way. i believe and president obama believes that israel and the region and the palestinians will all be served by having peace. and what were trying to do is move the process forward, not impose on anybody somet...

Room where president hollande is making a state visit today. the news conference followed talks between the two leaders on you issues including nsa spying, its nuclear program and how to end the nearly 3-year-old civil war in syria. this is what president obama said about syreayria and the cut peace talks. >> the geneva process recognizes that if were going to solve this problem, we have to find a political solution. we will continue to commit to not just pressure the assad regime, but also get ...