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That is a view shared by european allies, independent experts on the current secretary of defense. the jcpoa or the iran deal is in americas interest. it has significantly rolled back irans nuclear program and the jcpoa is a model, what diplomacy can accomplish. its inspections and verification regime is precisely what the united states should be worked >> working to put in place with north korea. in a time we were working with diplomacy to succeed, walking away from jcpoa risks losing a deal th...

Kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured american citizens. the iranian regime has funded its long reign of chaos and terror by plundering the wealth of its own people. no action taken by the regime has been more dangerous than its pursuit of nuclear weapons. and the means of delivering them. in 2015, the previous administration entered into a deal regarding irans nuclear program, the deal was called the jcpoa. in theory, the so-called iran deal was supposed to protect the united states and our allies...

Withdrawing from the iran agreement. the iran deal was formally implemented back in january 2016. u.s., france, great britain, germany, russia, china and iran all signed on. it was designed to sharply limit irans nuclear program and make sure it was only used for peaceful purposes. as far as we can tell, it has worked. irans uranium stockpiles was slashed. and two-thirds of irans centrifuges were taken offline. in exchange, the united states and other countries lifted sanctions, giving iran acce...

Joint comprehensive plan of action, the jcpoa, but commonly referred to as the iran nuclear deal, because thats what it is. its designed to curtail, limit irans nuclear capability. you heard mike pompeo saying on april 12th in testimony, he has no evidence that iran has done anything to violate that. we were all hoping in 2015 that it would cause iran to be a better regional citizen. that didnt happen. but the point is, that wasnt what the deal was for. the deal was for nuclear inspections and l...

White house. macron and were still waiting for a read out of that call. i spoke to administration official who said that will be coming in short order. boris johnson trying to press the president to stay in the deal. its the best way to keep irans nuclear program in check. after all under the deal iran had to get rid of 95% of its nuclear fuel and had to get rid of nuclear facilities and had to open itself up to u.n. inspectors. you heard john kerry making the argument that by all accounts and b...

Senate judiciary committees. she led an investigation in the c.i.a. program and became so acrimonious that the democrats accused the c.i.a. of spying on senate investigators. haspel is also expected to meet with senator heinrich and manchin. they said even a minimal role in the program that included the waterboarding of the 9/11 architect disqualifies her. >> the biggest concern is the history of the senate as far as we know, the senate has never confirmed somebody with an operational role in ...

Nuclear deal which president trump called insane. that was benjamin netanyahus prinnation last week highlight -- presentation last week highlighting how iran lied about the extent of the program. of course, the pressure from across the pond. first emmanuel macron an then angela merkel. today, boris johnson also in d.c. meeting with the ambassador bolton and secretary of state mike pompeo lending his support for staying in the deal. this is as news breaking breakin israel that intelligence sugges...

Point. >> there are concerns about the confirmation process given her clandestine background. haspel said she was willing to withdraw but the discussions were not described to fox news as serious. meantime, c.i.a. spokesman says the haspel nomination is going ahead and those who know her say wednesdays confirmation hearing should not focus on decade old program that was approved under bush administration but should focus on her credentials and fitness for the job. >> with the president who does ...

Lot of different reasons. first, what the israelis would do is say well, there is no restrictions on us anymore from attacking irans nuclear program and they would probably wipe out large sections of it. i dont think its in the iranians interest. a lot of times the iranians talk big and they have the grand -- grandiose vision of what they can do but they are rogue state. but it would actually open up a pandoras box for them and israel would strike aggressively and the united states would probabl...

Mistake and i hope he does. maria: what are the most egregious parts of this plan? whats the worst about of the nuclear deal and why is it that we need to get out? >> yeah, well the worst part of the nuclear deal is that it didnt really end irans nuclear program. its clear that theyve got tremendous capacity. they basically put the brakes on for a while to get the economic pressure off of them to get the $100 billion. they can go back and have a legitimate nuclear weapons development program in ...