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Was so upset with, and also the appointment of this new diplomatic communications leader which has upset the white house. how did it go? >> we actually had a very good meeting yesterday at the white house. >> you all agree on security and on the security commitments. we are hearing numbers like $4 billion, an extra billion dollars to israel. >> i dont want to go into the numbers. its premature. we are still having discussions on the nuts and bolts of what the security threats are and what needs ...

The export of american liquified natural gas to europe as well, if the market dictates that. jenna: as we know timelines for some of that are a year, two years, three years away to be really effective. of course you point out the message would be sent if we start moving in that direction, if the europeans dont come to the party, ambassador, if they decide this isnt worth it for them, does that leave us with no more options? >> it essentially leaves us without our most important leverage which is...

Jenna. we obviously have a treaty commitment to our nato allies. i would sincerely hope we uphold the security commitments there is truth what youre saying in terms of capabilities, not just in europe but also if you look what is happening in asia where you have the territorial disputes for example, the south china sea, very concerning situation going on there there is a question in the mind especially of allies, that will the united states or the west more generally step forward to participate ...

Rejected by the international community. syrias use of chemical weapons also threatens our friends and partners along its borders including israel, turkey, lebanon and iraq. it increases the risk that terrorist groups like hezbollah which has forces in syria supporting the assad regime could acquire chemical weapons and use them against our interests and our people. we must do all we can to prevent hezbollah or any terrorist group determined to describing the united states from acquiring chemica...

Them a permission slip for them to at least misinterpret our intention, if not to put it to the test. >> a refusal to act would undermine the credibility of americas other security commitments, including the presidents commitment to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: so whats at stake specifically? with syria, its about the use of chemical weapons. north korea, attacking the south. and with iran, about take thing nuclear program and turning it into an actual nuclear bomb....

Internationalize this and theyre taking every opportunity, that its about in effect all bad actors, hezbollah, north korea, but also certainly iran front and center. one because of its nuclear program and because of its close relationship with syria, and bashar al assad. we heard this from secretaries kerry and hagel this week. have a listen. >> iran is hoping you look the other way. our inaction would surely give them a permission slip for them to at least misinterpret our intention, if not to ...

Other way. our inaction would surely give them a permission slip for them toed ed to at least misinterpret or put it to the test. >> a refusal to act would undermine the credibility of americas other security commitments including the presidents commitment to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> so, whats at stake specifically? i mean, with each of these countries, syria its about the use of comechl cal wechs. north korea, attacking the south, and with iran, its about taking this nuc...

Embolden other regimes to acquire or use chemical weapons. for example, north korea maintenances a massive stockpile of chemical weapons that threatens our treaty ally, republic of korea, and the 28,000 u.s. troops stationed there. ive just returned from asia, where i had a very serious and long conversation with south korea ya defense minister, about the threat, the real threat, that north koreas stockpile of chemical weapons presents to them. our allies throughout the world must be assured tha...

Empowered to carry out even more devastating chemical weapons attacks without a response. chemical weapons make no distinction between combatants and innocent civilians. and inflict the worst kind of indiscriminate suffering as we have recently seen. a refusal to act would undermine the credibility of americas other security commitments, including the presidents commitment to prevent iran from acquire are nuclear weapon. the word of the united states must mean something. it is vital currency in ...

Weakening this norm could em bolden other regimes to acquire or use chemical weapons. for example, north korea maintains a masses stock pile of weapons that threatens our treaty ally, the republic of korea. and the 28,000 u.s. troops stationed there. i just returned from asia. we had a very serious and long discussion with south koreas defense minister about the threat, the real threat that north korea stock pile of chemical weapons presents to them. the allies must be assured that the united st...