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One of the biggest things playing to our advantage is when he ran, he had the support of the people because he said i know we become so isolated that its destroying our economy. the people rallied around him because he was not associated with ahmadinejad. for him, hes looking at i have to get reelected soon. if i can put a pause button on nuclear ambitions and not be so flamboyant, the people continue to like and trust me. thats the biggest thing to his advantage right now. in many ways, how gor...

>> in the case of the assad regime, president reagans old addage of trust but verify, know that i know i think is the saying. >> that is a need of an update and we have committed here to a standard that says verify and verify. >> secretary of state john kerry just over an hour ago. its hard to believe that it was only two weeks ago this morning that a u.s. military strike against syria seemed imminent, a foregone conclusion, the question wasnt if an attack would help but when an attack would hap...

Foreign policy. weve learned president obamas approach most visibly on display in the past weeks as hes considered and reconsidered action in syria. as peter baker writes in todays "new york times," "to aides and allies mr. obamas willingness to hit the pause button twice now reflects a refreshing open-mindedness and a reluctance to use force that they considered all too missing under his predecessor with the texas swagger. but to mr. obamas detractors including many in his own parties he has sh...

>> even if a deal is reached, experts believe it would take a year or more to destroy syrias chemical weapons and according to one pent gon estimate, assad has 1400 tons of mustard gas. the arsenal is scattered and only the syrians know where the weapons are. they suddenly have to become honest about where they are. experts say it would be impossible to accomplish the task in the middle of the bitter civil war. it would require a ceasefire in a conflict that is instead been escalating. over the ...

We will smoke them out of their holes. >> youre with us or you are with the terrorists. >> there are some who feel like the conditions are such that they can attack us there. my answer is bring them on. >> ah, the old days. anyway, welcome back to "hardball." the texas macho president, that was president bush, brought the foreign policy. weve learned president obamas approach most visibly on display in the past weeks as hes considered and reconsidered action in syria. as peter baker writes in to...

Secretary of state john kerry leaves tomorrow night for geneva where he will meet with his russian counterpart to discuss russias plan to get syria to give up its chemical weapons. a senior administration official told john king in that meeting the u.s. will demand verifiable time lines and procedures for putting those weapons under international control. another senior administration official told john that any discussion of scheduling votes on this should wait until after kerrys meeting. lets ...

Today. he probably didnt have to say it really very explicitly because we knew that yesterday when reid canceled the vote, at least delayed it, he didnt do that on his own. that was in consultation with the white house. we need to be realistic here. it wasnt just because he saw diplomatic movement. he didnt want to have a vote that was going to lose. >> they were going to lose. >> in the senate? >> yes. anywhere. both houses. so it was in everybodys self-interest to hit the pause button. i spoke...

Here today and im told even the republican lunch he attended with republic senators, he asked them to, quote, press the pause button. he doesnt want to have an embarrassment not just politically it would be bad for him but what you all are talking about. the whole idea of diplomacy would be undermined he think if there wasnt a credible threat of force. yes, thats the potential in the house, christiane. also something similar in the senate. i was just talking to senator bob menendez who said they...

Syria. he basically said whats the point? we need to wait. anything were told now about the strategy diplomatic or otherwise could change on a moments notice. so absolutely that was the message that the president gave today. he probably didnt have to say it really very explicitly because we knew that yesterday when reid canceled the vote, at least delayed it, he didnt do that on his own. that was in consultation with the white house. we need to be realistic here. it wasnt just because he saw dip...

The u.s. will demand verifiable time lines and procedures for putting those weapons under international control. another senior administration official told john that any discussion of scheduling votes on this should wait until after kerrys meeting. lets get back to our panel. gloria borger, jessica yellin, dana bash. so dana, kerry, the next thing we know thats going to happen is kerry on thursday will be in geneva. i guess he leaves tomorrow night. whats going on on capitol hill? have all the ...