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The turn of century, perhaps longer. its not only the uranium program but also the plutonium program as well. theres been an exchange of personnel so for instance, you ever iranians on site in north korea since october of 2012 at a military base south of the chinese border and every time that north korea explodes an atomic device, iranians are on scene. north korea has sold iran enriched uranium and each year iran pays north korea somewhere between $1.5 billion to $2 billion for missiles, nukes ...

California congressman ed royce, chairman of the foreign affairs committee and my guest now. sir, good morning to you and welcome back to "americas newsroom." >> good morning, bill. bill: what is your first question? >> our first question will be the comments made by the foreign minister of iran yesterday. even though the agreement, even though the agreement says the plutonium factory that you know is at iraq is the site of this, it is supposed to be halted, construction is supposed to be halted...

Literally over a decade ago. isnt it a fact that what you had was the deception wing was sitting in geneva while the destruction wing was sitting in north korea. and doesnt that bother you a little bit about their intentions? >> i would like to see the guys go before the hague. theyre less likely to have nuclear grade uranium because this deal diminishes it. and it allows us to have inspections at the most dangerous sites and halt their plutonium program. it makes iran less dangerous. >> what yo...

We would address some of the majority leaders concerns. he mentions the plutonium program. we are talking about working to halt the progress of that plutonium program. we talk about making limits on the enrichment capacity, how to address the stockpile, neutralize a portion of it. we are getting at those concerns in the first step of the agreement and its a common sense question. why wouldnt you want for the first time in a decade to halt the progress of the program while you have a negotiation....

Bought time for the iranian nuclear program to be completed by going through precisely the kind of subterfuge hes engaged in right now. what would it take to make a difference? im a little reluctant about getting into john kerry mode on syrian chemical weapons. if we hehe were to rip up by th roots in nuclear weapons program -- and thats exactly what it is. the centrifuges, the secret facilities in which many of them, i believe, house the plutonium program. on and on, the ballistic missile progr...

To say today. >> north koreas continued work on its nuclear and missile programs seriously undermines regional and international peace and security and threatens the security of a number of countries, including the united states. >> now, youve got the south korean inaugural on february 25th. the state of the union tonight, as you point out the chinese new year, and theres another problem. we dont know yet whether this was plutonium device, which is what theyve done in the past, or uranium. tell ...

Obstructing and break agreements. the second part is worse. even if they adhere to the agreements this is completely useless. all this does is stop uraniumen richment. they have plutonium program. thats untouch and that is the program that produced the nukes that the north koreans have today. it precedeed this and there is no change at all. this is a nice soothing headline for administration in an election year. >> bret: unicef says 80% of the kids in north korea are malnourished and the food ai...

Up and walk out and say were obstructing and break agreements. the second part is worse. even if they adhere to the agreements this is completely useless. all this does is stop uraniumen richment. they have plutonium program. thats untouch and that is the program that produced the nukes that the north koreans have today. it precedeed this and there is no change at all. this is a nice soothing headline for administration in an election year. >> bret: unicef says 80% of the kids in north korea are...

Intelligence committee is that you have to speak truth to power. this is the classic job number one of a director of national intelligence to say its your prerogative to decide what to do once you get a set of facts, but it is my obligation to tell you what they are. and this isnt a close call, by the way. often times intelligence agencies have different views on hard questions, think north korea and their plutonium program. everyone agrees on it so not just saying it to the president but to the...

>> absolutely. and thats always been in every other round of negotiations thats what we sought. when president clinton got the agreed framework, it was basically based on a freeze on the north korean side of their plutonium program. at the time they only had one nuclear program, the plutonium one. when george bush got a negotiation going with the north koreans, that was also based on a freeze. i agree with you a freeze is the number one starting point. the north koreans will probably ask us for ...