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Conditions. we fundamentally, of course, there have been some deve developments and changes from the time we got out of the deal and fundamentally what we tried to do is get back to the existing agreement with modest modifications and an agreement was on the table. iran either couldnt or wouldnt say yes. were not about to take any deal. of course, it has to meet our security objectives. it has to meet our interests. so we made a very good faith effort to get back into compliance with them and th...

As well to see if we could get back in compliance with the jcpoa. >> but to be fair, you asked for new conditions. >> no. fundamentally, there has been some changes since the time we got out of the deal and the time we were trying to get back in it. but fundamentally, we tried to get into the existing agreement with some modest modifications. a agreement was on table. iran either couldnt or wont say yes. were not about to take any deal. of course it has to meet our security objectives and our in...

Summit, president biden will give a significant address in lithuania about— significant address in lithuania about his — significant address in lithuania about his vision of a strong, confident, _ about his vision of a strong, confident, america, flanked by strong — confident, america, flanked by strong and confident allies and partners — strong and confident allies and partners taken on the significant challenge of our russias invasion of ukraine — challenge of our russias invasion of...

The report says Pakistan continues to support peace talks, while maintaining ties with the Afghan Taliban.

>> here distinctions the revolutionary guard banks, financial institutions, what next in terms of the maximum pressure campaign. >> i think targeting steel and aluminum, i think theres other materials that are so valuable to coming in as ancient and putting pressure on the regime, what has been announced recently as well in the context of authentic cyber operation that is becoming a more nominal element in the bag of tools that the president has. >> they are doing that now, they have cyber attac...

Really dramatic shift in public opinion, much more supportive of engaging north korea, much more supportive of the idea that diplomacy can work this time, where all the previous efforts failed. from that one short snippet, he seemed a little less gregarious. >> bruce, im curious the top thing, the one thing youre looking for in this summit wi. >> id say other than the intelligence aspects would be the results. what we really need is to have north korea embrace and then work towards the u.n. requ...

Toward afghanistan, which has not been publicized yet, is critical important. this isnt as much to do about the commander as it is what do we want out of afghanistan? what is the way forward? what are the security objectives for the united states and what does the president, as the commander in chief, want his commander on the ground to do? general nicholson is in a precarious situation trying to execute a strategy that has been in place for a while when it doesnt seem to coincide with what the ...

States and the trump administration. >> i remember -- >> whats not clear to me is what trump wants to get out of the relationship. good relations in and of itself is not a foreign policy. >> its interesting. i remember asking you this question a couple saturdays ago. i thought, once president elect trump receives this intelligence information, perhaps hell change his tune or, you know, hell shift a little bit which he did not. so now looking forward, what does your gut tell you? once he is actua...

Days after the senator announced he would not support the plan. he explained his decision here on "the rundown." >> the problem here is that we were setting out two years ago to largely dismantle significant elements of irans elicit nuclear infrastructure to make sure they wouldnt have the wherewithall for a breakout towards a nuclear bomb. but this deal largely preserves their nuclear structure and allows them to still break out at a time of their choosing. >> president obama writes in his op-e...

It achieves one of our most critical security objectives. as such, its a very good deal. today i want to speak to you about this deal and the most consequential foreign policy debate that our country has had since the invasion of iraq as congress decides whether to support this historic diplomatic breakthrough or, instead, blocks it over the objection of the vast majority of the world. between now and the congressional vote in september sur going to hear a lot of arguments against this deal back...