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Russia made the judgment that it was in its interests to call upon syria and to work with us to get syria to do away with its chemical weapons. >> but for all practical purposes, if youve suffered military to military real dialogue with russia and these areas involving a sensitive issue like irans nuclear problem, syrias chemical weapons, doesnt that united states mine all the efforts that youve been so engaged in over these past several months at the united nations? >> russia will pursue its in...

>> what it is, to be very straightforward about it is, everything that the p5 plus 1 and the european union believe should be on the table, should be discussed in a comprehensive agreement is being discussed as part of a comprehensive agreement. we all, of course, have different perspectives about how to resolve those issues, how they should be addressed, but indeed, we discuss the entire range of subjects in the three days weve been here in vienna. it was a very workmanlike, very constructive, ...

But the president said if any company fools around with sanctions, they are going to pay a significant price. listen to what he said. >> businesses may be exploring are there some possibilities to get in sooner rather than later if and when there is a actual agreement to be had. but i can tell you that they do so at their own peril right now. because we will come down on them like a ton of bricks. you know, with respect to the sanctions that we control and we expect full compliance with respect ...

As do all of the p5 plus 1 members. so businesses may be exploring are there some possibilities to get in sooner rather than later if and when there is an actual agreement to be had, but i can tell you, that they do so at their own peril right now because we will come down on them like a ton of bricks. you know, with respect to the sanctions that we control and we expect full compliance with respect to the p5 plus 1 during this interim. we dont want new sanctions because the ones are already squ...

Shoulder on the key challenges to global security. our unity with our p5 plus 1 partners, backed with strong sanctions has succeeded in rolling back key parts of the iranian nuclear program. we agree that next weeks talks in vienna will be an opportunity for iran to show that it is serious about a comprehensive solution that assures the world that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. president hollande and i agree on the need to continue enforcing existing sanctions. even as we bel...

And so businesses may be exploring are there some possibilities to get in sooner rather than later, if and when there is a actual agreement to be had. but i can tell you that they do so at their own peril right now. because we will come down on them like a ton of bricks. you know, with respect to the sanctions that we control, and we expect full compliance with respect to the p5 plus 1 during this interim. we dont want new sanctions, because the one we have in place are already squeezing iran an...

Just heartbreaking to see whats happening with the syrian people, its very dangerous for the region as a whole, including friends and allies and partners like lebanon or jordan that are being adversely impacted by it. but let me just make one last comment with respect to the iran sanctions. we have been extraordinarily firm that even during this interim agreement, we will fully enforce all applicable sanctions. in fact, we have taken various steps just over the last six, seven weeks to identify ...

Agreed, together with our p5 plus 1 allies, with russia, china, france, great britain, germany, all of them agreed that during the time were negotiating we would not increase sanctions. now, our word has to mean something too. but we dont want to break our word in the middle of the negotiations. we also have other alternatives available. weve lost nothing off the table, but we want to give diplomacy a chance. and we think thats worthwhile. >> we will have more of our interview with secretary of ...

A nuclear weapons threshold state. question is, comprehensive agreement, can you figure out a way to put that $100 billion nuclear infrastructure, the ones they dont want to dismantle, beyond use. thats the real challenge. >> heres what i dont understand and you served in the state department for a long time. >> i did. >> under a whole bunch of presidents. there isnt a text of agreement between the germany and g 5 plus 1 as its called. they got a text for what iran and the rest of the world has ...

Attitude is, the more we can play for time, the weaker the sanctions are going to be. we can weaken the sanctions regime. remember, who are our partners in the p 5 plus 1. the group that got this agreement, there are two countries, russia and china who do not want sanctions and want to undermine the sanctions and as the sanction regime weakens, do you think they are really going to be there saying yeah we gave them six months and they didnt come to an agreement. lets turn those sanctions back up...