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Together in my brief stint in the government. He has had a distinguished. Areer in the Foreign Service he is the state Department Coordinator for sanctions, policy, prior to that ambassador fried was assigned to the Guantanamo Bay facility, which we will discuss briefly. The main focus of the conversation will be on sanctions. He also had additional responsibilities. Previously as assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs, senior director of the National Security council, universe u. S. Ambassador to poland. It is wonderful to welcome you. Thanks for being here. Mr. Fried ...

Financial instrument to try to get others to do what we want. First thing i want to do is just ask you as, you know, since youve been involved in so many different policy positions over the recent decades, how much of a change do you feel there is in thinking about the effectiveness of these different instruments . And if sanctions are becoming more prominent as a tool for u. S. Foreign policy, does that change who the nature of the of the policy conversation since those who implement sanctions are different than those who implement the use of military force . Well, clearly sanctions are a kin...

The president. We begin this news hour at the United Nations in something we dont see every day the Security Council has agreed in a draft resolution condemning chlorine attacks in syria but there were heated exchanges before the agreement was reached. Our diplomatic editor james bays reports from u. N. Headquarters. A rare moment, a new Security Council resolution on syria is passed condemning chlorine attacks and promising to take action if they continue. China and russia supported it. Only venezuela abstained. The resolution does not say which side was responsible for the chlorine attacks, ...

We begin this news hour by listening to the Iranian Foreign minister zarif who is now answering questions at that press conference. Today you have achieved a lot. It was a huge achievement. We witnessed it was a very long process. If its possible to have you thought about the future of it is the translation available. Today, what we have Found Solutions after reaching a come prehencive agreement in reality, it was based on a vision based on situation in international politics. Based on all sanctions against Islamic Republic of iran will be lift lifted and meanwhile, the Iranian Nuclear program...

[speaking foreign language] the school now lies empty, ghostly remembrances of what has happened here, strewn across the playground. The worlds tention will once again moveon from syria, but for those whose lives have been torn apart by war, the suffering continues. A journalist who has been visiting syria for some time, she joins me now. Thank you for being with us. Some people say that there has been rather too much concentration on chemical weapons and what they can do, yet this report really ss very powerfully why getting rid of chemical weapons is so important. Yes, but the thing is that ...