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Execution. But this deal is our best means of assuring that iran does not get a Nuclear Weapon. And from the start that has been my number one priority, our number one priority. Weve got a historic chance to pursue a secure and safe world an opportunity that may not come again in our life times. As president and command center chief im determined to seize that opportunity. So with that ill take some questions, and let me see who im starting off with. Here you go. I got it. Andrew beattie. Thank ...

Track to defeat isil, that they are much more contained and were moving in the right direction there. That we have jump started a process to resolve the civil war in syria, which is like an open sore in the region. And is giving refuge to terrorist organization who is are taking advantage of that chaos. To make sure in iraq not only have we pushed back isil, but weve created an environment in which sunni shia and kurd are starting to operate function more effectively together. And to be in a con...

Taxpayer dollars are being well spent in this regard . Well, ive asked the deputy secretary to lead this effort and she is traveling around the country visiting with a number of organizations and groups who are interested in getting into farming or folks who are encouraging people to get into farming. One of the issues that has cropped up is this issue of land tenure. Candidly, you mentioned the fact that there are going to be a lot of people retiring and leaving the farming business. That is pr...

Said earlier our foreign friends, we had a meeting in baltimore where over 30 countries came with representatives to talk to them about the appropriate way of banning boultry if we have this, that its not fair to your poultry producers because theres an incident in oregon or iowa the ban production from you and so were continuing to work on that, as well. The last thing were trying to do is to convince congress that this is a longterm issue. Im pretty sure this isnt the only time were going to h...

The agenda for the most obvious reasons. It is the most populous country in the entire region. For the last four years it has teetered on the brink of political and economic and social collapse. I think it is still in a tenuous phase at this point. And when we talk about adopting or adapting the new silk road concepts to places like egypt there are places where it fits in with the president s attempt to build a second suez canal and to help egypt become a more functional place when it comes to l...

Ultimately, yes. Ultimately they are the iran sanctions act itself. There is the lifting of sanctions. Ultimately they would have to vote. If we dont do that pursuant to the agreement are there any penalties on our part . We would have broken it, and all bets are off. Can a future president choose to abide by the president . Absolutely. A future president can but its our adjustment if this agreement is fully implemented and its working well no future president is going too choose to do that beca...

Was the white house aware an indictment was imminent you flew on air force one with the president to philadelphia or criminal Justice Reform . No squl sgl and on the minimum wage, 15 minimum wage im wondering if the white house is willing to support 15 minimum wage. Jordan president obama has made clear eight years since the federal minimum wage increase last passed that action by congress to raise the minimum wage is long overdue. In a previous state of the Union Address we suggested congress r...

So i wanted to also ask about this idea, weve heard a lot about sanctions. And sanctions as i understand, iran has written the United Nations on july 20th about the sanctions regime. And one of the issues that has concerned me about this agreement is that once the sanctions, the long list of mainly congressally mandated sanctions that will be lifted under this agreement are undertaken if iran for example, engaged in terrorist activity, which is known to do, separate from the Nuclear Program, ira...

Risks depends on how the rest of the International Community perceive risks in the wake of an iran deal that actively encourages business with iran. How effective will it be to highlight the role of the ircg after its been removed from the sanctions list . Major International Banks will be slow to move back into the Iranian Market but nonu. S. Companies are likely to trip over one another in a rush to reenter the potential market which is described in europe as eldoor rad dough and potential bon...

Secondary sanctions on foreign entities doing businesses with entities remain listed with terrorism and human rights issues. The problem is the laudable positions have not been made public and they are only effective if they are aggressively publicized and equally enforced. The fact is as u. S. Officials will concede in private conversations that the administration suffers from a trust deficit. Whether one believes this is deserved or not. It is there. And the fact is that not only are none of t...