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Their entire chemical armament. that being said, secretary of state did make a quick stop over on his way from geneva to paris to discuss the ongoing peace process with the palestinians, but mainly to discuss syria situation. secretary kerry said they're taking the process very seriously and that a military action is still on the table if syria does not abide by the rules of this new accord. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, for his part, says that he welcomes a full disarmament of syria's chemical weapons. he says that the entire region would be much safer if it happens. but another thing th...

Good to see you. >> hi, alex. >> good to see you. >> eleanor, we just heard president obama saying that confiscating syria's chemical weapons could lead to that often cited political solution. do you think syria's closer to that than it was a week ago? >> well, i think the negotiations over the chemical weapons have opened the door to a potentially wider dialogue because you've got the russians. you have president putin involved. they have leverage over the syrians. prime minister lavrov seems very actively engaged with secretary of state kerry. and president assad is now a player. maybe some ...

The real question is the slaughter of the syrian people. 117,000 murdered, primarily by artillery, tanks, and door-to-door assassinations and aircraft. we haven't done anything about that. we've been pathetic in arming the opposition. it's almost too many over-intellectualizing young people involved in this process. maybe they ought to get colin powell back in the white house as chief of staff. >> interesting. may i ask you quickly just the logistics of trying to move and destroy chemical weapons, general. how tough a task is that? >> well, it's hard to imagine. by the way, you can't -- if ass...

Words for iran. >> the world needs to ensure that radical regimes don't have weapons of mass destruction because as we've learned once again in syria, if regimes have weapons of mass destruction, they will use them. the determination of the international community shows regarding syria will have a direct impact on the syrian regime's patron, iran. >> reporter: alex, as i mentioned, most israeli officials would be very happy if syria did get stripped of all its chemical weapons, including one retired major general, who had a briefing with journalists and said this is a, quote, win, win, win sit...

Hawaii that the republican governor gave them. why don't they believe that? >> here's a question, though. when you talk about the way the president handles things -- and let's go back to your article on syria just this week. the birther controversy. couldn't he have blown that out of the water a lot sooner than he did? >> the part of the president that i think doesn't want to engage with nonsense like that, and he's a constitutional law professor. he's a very serious guy. he doesn't love that part of politics. bill clinton liked to fight those fights. obama doesn't. he would rather not engage....