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Sanctions kick in. so we're not going backwards six months from now, in case the talks lead to nothing which is highly unlikely. we know the sanctions will work. they need to be tougher, not easier. >> doesn't this tie into what you're going to vote on today with the defense authorization bill. because didn't senator reid say he wasn't going to allow any amendments. will this change this now? >> it does. and we'll have to try to bring it up next year with the clock ticking, of course, the irans getting more time. the majority leader is preventing us from offering this amendment and other amend...

Since you where you stand in life is basically driven by where you sit, i think that this is israeli prime minister has a different view of the means and the end game. it's a serious, serious problem. at best, i think we're not going to be able to solve the iranian nuclear issue. you're going to be able to maybe put some time on the clock but over time this is a problem that's going to have to continue to be addressed and managed. there simply are no compelling comprehensive solutions. >> they don't appear to be nsync at all. israel wants iran to stop enriching uranium. the irans say we're goi...

Iranians don't make good on their commitments, we can turn on a dime and congress can turn on a dime and implement new sanctions. there's already a house bill. the senate could take that up and pass spananctions in a matt of a day. the truth s we really don't need anything now, even something that has a trigger six months from now. it's not necessary and it could prove divisive because it could be taken as a sign of bad faith by our allies and irans. >> i want to switch gears and point out something senator john cornyn tweeted because i think it shows what we are dealing with here. he tweeted,...

Sanctions. we unfroze about 10 billion of iranian assets. there was some very minor skangations really. but the reality is, six months from now, iff iran decides it wants to renig on these agreements -- what i was saying is that if it took a marathon diplomacy to reach only an interrim deal, to reach a final resolution to this conflict is going to remember an ultramarathon through mine fooelgds. >> the argument is, i guess, in simple words is why not give peace a chance? >> i think we have been giving peace a chance. the europeans have been trying to get the irans -- guess what they discovered...

Nuclear weapons, but at the same time we do it without having to have a war. >> let me ask you one last question, therefore, if the negotiations collapse, if the irans either walk away or they violate, or it simply doesn't proceed, are you prepared, as a last resort, with iran about to go nuclear would you be prepared to if you were the president, to order a military strike as a way to prevent that outcome? >> i would say all options would be on the table and that would include military. i would also be prepared to vote for more sanctions if we go away from negotiations, and the negotiations f...