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0 and take it completely off the table so a deal can be done? >> well, of course it is off the table anyway. the president doesn't have the votes, if he should seek congressional action to do votes. he can do it without that. but we should not do that but i'm not at all comfortable with relying on someone like putin to make our determinations as to what our position is going to be in the middle east or anywhere else in the world. keep in mind, it is putin and it's russia that have supplied syria with all of their weapons, all of their equipment, their assets necessary to inflict the damage tha...

served in the iraq war. 10 years later this hill side is a stark reminder of the loss. the crosses on this hill side represent the service members that did not make it home. >> how can you not look at that and not remember. >> reporter: in san francisco names of service members and those fallen are on the block. a group of veterans and human rights organizers reflected on the toll of the war. scott olsen who was critically injured spoke to the crowd today about his experience in iraq. >> 8 of the marines in my batallion did not make it home. i did not see a liberty rock. i saw an occ...

at this hour, president obama is scheduled to meet with the head of the palestinian authority and senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler reports the president admitted earlier things have not worked out as he had hoped. >> a year after telling the u.n. general assembly it might be able to recognize a new state of palestine at this session, president obama admitted his disappointment. >> i know that many are frustrated by the lack of progress. i assure you, so am i. the question isn't the goal that we seek. the question is how do we reach that goal? >> mr. obam...

>> i know that many are frustrated by the lack of progress. i assure you, so am i. the question isn't the goal that we seek. the question is how do we reach that goal? >> mr. obama also said the u.n. can't resolve the issues standing in the way of palestinian statehood. >> ultimately, it's the israelis and the palestinians, not us, who must reach agreement on issues that divide them. on borders and on security. on refugees and jerusalem. >> his aides have already said the u.s. will veto a security council resolution if necessary, something israeli prime minister netanyahu called a ba...

frustrated by the lack of progress. i assure you, so am i. the question isn't the goal that we seek. the question is how do we reach that goal? >> mr. obama also said the u.n. can't resolve the issues standing in the way of palestinian statehood. >> ultimately, it's the israelis and the palestinians, not us, who must reach agreement on issues that divide them. on borders and on security. on refugees and jerusalem. >> his aides have already said the u.s. will veto a security council resolution if necessary, something israeli prime minister netanyahu called a badge of honor. >> and i w...