For them to tighten it up a bit. I think secretary muniz you certainly have got confidence in it my time has expired. But i would say to the chairman its incomprehensible that we didnt have full access to that. Senator nelson. Thank you, gentlemen, all. Thank you for your public service. Mr. Secretary lou, i want to go down a different road. We have heard so many different commentaries about how much of a winfall the sanctions relief would be for iran. We have heard 100, 150 billion, the chairman is speaking of 50 or 60 billion. You tell me if this is correct, that basically sanctions relief of what has been withheld is about 100 billion, but in that 100 billion there are contractual obligations of iran to pay some 50 billion, and therefore, the net that would approximately come to iran would be about 50 billion. Is that somewhere in the ballpark . Senator that is roughly correct. Im happy to walk down the numbers to the best of my knowledge you dont need to. Im trying to get concepts
Will unlikely to ever. And well continue to stand alongside them. The may 2015 joint statement following the u. S. And Gulf Cooperation Council or gcc meetings at camp david provided a road map for how the administration plans to proceed. Critics of the vienna agreement point to flaws related to irans missile capability and support of terrorist proxies across the region. The camp david statement outline ours commitment to enhancing Ballistic Missile defense capabilities of the gcc and improving their operability to enhance defense. It sates well be increasing training and exercise engagements with gcc special Operation Forces developments to better defend against iran. These are important efforts i look forward to hearing about today. One final point. These negotiations focused on denying iran a pathway to a Nuclear Weapon. A nuclear iran would be a more Formidable Force in the region. And as it has repeatedly demonstrated, not a force for peace and stability but one that invokinge ing
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 raise the minimum wage to 10. 10. More recently we supported legislation by senator congressman scott raising wage to 12 an hour by 2020. Theres a number of proposals pending before congress. We just want them to move on one that we believe that despite this president s leadership in bringing this country out of an economic downturn that we havent seen since the great depression, that despite the longest stretch of private sector job growth in our nations history that wages have not grown fast en
Alliances, or our development and fielding of new military capabilities capabilities we will continue to advance. If iran were to commit a, our robust force posture ensures we can to commit aggression, our robust force posture in sewers ensures we can respond. Iran and its proxies will still pose security challenges. Iran backs hezbollah and lebanon , whos fighting positions i observed firsthand with the defense minister, and is contributing to disorder in yemen. Iran continues to be hostile toward israel. We will continue to build on and enhance our cooperation in meaningful ways. Ive made that clear last week in israel, saudi arabia, iraq, jordan and i made clear that we will keep our robust posture afloat, which includes tens of thousands of american personnel and our most sophisticated ground, maritime, air and Ballistic Missile assets. Our friends understand the merits despite our disagreements about the merits of this deal, that we have an enduring commitment to security. Our par
Ability, and we are stopping that. We are taking that away from them and providing a life time of inspection. Mr. Mccain senator, your time has expired. How did the north korean deal work out for you . Senator mccaskill. Mr. Kerry dont ask me. I didnt write the deal. Senator mccaskill is there anything that would constrain our ability to take any action we felt was necessary against iran . Mr. Kerry no. Senator one thing i do not think has been covered enough in all of the testimony that has occurred, i got the point that senator nelson was trying to make, that the money is not in our control, and it appears, looking at it, if all the other countries walk away from us, if we reject this deal, that they are going to get the money one way or another, either because they are entitled to it if we do the deal or because we cannot control it. But i dont know that that is completely accurate, and i think its important. This is not about is this a good deal. This is also about what happens if