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Is willing to take military action to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. thats one reason why we are negotiating from a position of weakness. >> you think they take an israeli threat seriously? >> i think they take it more seriously than they take the u.s. threat. thats also why its so dangerous to show any daylight with the government of israel. the u.s./israel alliance is a core part of our strategic position in the middle east. to the extent that we are undermining prime minister netany...

To war against iran. there are real consequences to that which would be adverse to the united states. when it comes down to it, the two questions are, are we willing to accept a iranian -- nuclear iran. if the answer to that is really no, which it should be, are we prepared to deal with that now or are we going to put it off and force our children to deal with it at some point thats more favorable to iran? so the bottom line is if its a bad deal, the general is right, no deal. and we consider ou...

November that iran had struck a deal with the russians where it would ship a lot of fuel out and russians would spend a few years converting it and they could burn in their one big power reactor in iran and ship it back. that would have been a perfect solution because it would have meant the fuel was not available to them for weapons use. if they keep the fuel inside iran it may still be possible to put it in a form where its very hard to use as weapons fuel and few forms in which it would be im...

Which is a euphemism for going to war against iran. there are real consequences to that which would be adverse to the united states. when it comes down to it, the two questions are, are we willing to accept a iranian -- nuclear iran. if the answer to that is really no, which it should be, are we prepared to deal with that now or are we going to put it off and force our children to deal with it at some point thats more favorable to iran? so the bottom line is if its a bad deal, the general is rig...

May take you long tore get it. i think its a bad deal. >> looks like the recent development says u.s. tells them okay, continue your enrichment and well accept that as part of the agreement to lift the sanctions. >> well withmaria, weve accepted that before. thats one of the problems netanyahu and israel had with our negotiating position. we still dont know how this is going to come out. iran looks like theyre having second thoughts. they dont want a written agreement this time. they want a vagu...

Which is a euphemism for going to war against iran. there are real consequences to that which would be adverse to the united states. when it comes down to it, the two questions are, are we willing to accept a iranian -- nuclear iran. if the answer to that is really no, which it should be, are we prepared to deal with that now or are we going to put it off and force our children to deal with it at some point thats more favorable to iran? so the bottom line is if its a bad deal, the general is rig...

Inappropriately leaked to congress and cherry picked to try to influence the outcome. >> there have been certain situations where we have expressed concerns about information that has been leaked to sort of cherry pick -- to cherry pick and to mischaracterize the united states negotiating position in the talks with iran. we do continue to engage in conversations with our israeli allies about the status of the talks and the president made clear that if were able to reach an agreement we will cert...

Are utterly false. the state of israel does not conduct espionage against the united states or israels other allies. but the accusations are not completely new. just last month, the white house was openly complaining about israeli leaks. >> theres no question that some of the things the israelis said in characterizing our negotiating position have not been accurate. >> that was jim acosta reporting there. congress has repeatedly complained about not receiving enough information from the administ...

Comment on intelligence matters in a big room full of reporters. >> reporter: but lawmakers on both sides are puzzled. john boehner denied receiving any classified information from the israelis. >> im not sure what the information was, but im baffled by it. >> reporter: as did the top two men on the house intelligence committee. >> we have not been briefed by the israelis on anything thats in the "wall street journal" article at all. >> none of those cases have the israelis discussed with me any...

Have said in characterizing our negotiating position have not been accurate. >> reporter: and republicans suspect some of the anonymous complaints about israelis spying coming from administration officials are just more sour grapes from the white house over netanyahus meddling in the iran nuclear talk as one gop aide said its flat-out laughable that the israelis had to tell the u.s. congress this is a bad deal with iran, wolf. >> another major decision by the president today. he announced he wou...