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Remains a stalemate. >> we assessed neither the afghan government nor the taliban will be able to gain a strategic advantage in the afghan war in the coming year, even if coalition support remains at current levels. >> the pentagon and the intelligence community are not ready to give up too much. >> al qaeda is showing signs of confidence as its leaders work to strengthen its networks and encourage attacks against western interests. >> which has the cia director warning if an agreement is reache...

Administration be able to get to something beyond what weve seen before. and im skeptical because we know what any deal with the north koreans would look like. it would mean upfront denuclearization before any sanctions relief. it would mean a comprehensive accounting of the north korean nuclear program. it would mean the implementation of a stringent monitoring regime. im skeptical because thats what we had in iran and that is precisely what president trump jettisoned less than 48 hours ago. if...

Situation and on russia and on assad. we now now and as we should have known then that we couldnt trust assad or russia. i do think it did result in assad giving up a lot of the chemical weapons. obviously he kept some, he hid soil. >> he was successful in having them to use them later on which he has now done. abby: thats one of the bigger questions here too. iran is a huge player here and that concern whether or not they had chemical weapons in syria. couldnt you ask the same question about ir...

Himself or others, the hospitals cant keep the people there. there are too many people to treat and measure. >> who will make sure hes on the meds and that is the problem. we dont have resources to make sure when they get out of the hospital there is a monitoring regime to try that. they are trying to do that type of thing and need money. but if she wins the lawsuit that takes away resource. and the system has to be fixed. >> his family said he was in and out of psychiatric institutions for prev...

The facility into something that is just a research facility. originally it was to be set down. now just a research facility. but there are real restrictions on iran in this. >> yes, there are. but they go away after a certain period. >> ten or 15 years. >> right, after certain periods of time. in the meantime iran maintains all of -- almost or all of its nuclear infrastructure. its allowed to do research and development on more advance center featured which it will be able to more quickly build...

Critics would argue that the verification regime the monitoring regime is simply too lax. the critics will argue that the iranians are going to have a lot of money to throw around the region to support assad, hezbollah and iraqi/shia militias. in essence, that is going to reinforce the reality that iran is a rising power in the region. forget the arab spring. we are, i think, going to witness a persian spring as the arab world melts down and iran begins to increase its influence in the region. a...

They also say that even military action would only curtail their program for a fraction of the time that this deal would offer. theyre saying that that is another point that is in their favor. another thing that theyre saying is that just because theyre talking to the iranians doesnt mean that theyre trying to normalize relations with the regime in tehran and saying that they dont trust the iranians. if this deal is put into place, there will be a monitoring regime that is put in place to make s...