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And assistance teams on the ground supporting the iraqi military as well as the iraqi militia forces to destroy isis. >> i'm wondering, do iranians see this war in iraq and the instability as an opportunity for them in terms of their influence in that region? >> yeah, they do. there's really two ways of looking at it. tactically, several people even general dempsey, the chairman of joint chiefs said it's probably a good thing to have the iranians on the ground assisting. unfortunately, at the strategic or national level, this could be catastrophic for some of the countries in the region, like ...

Someone who has. the vast majority of the country has gone untouched and hasn't really experienced the same kind of sacrifices as others. members and events organizations in our community are really focused on trying to connect veterans civilians, trying to showcase some of the great things that veterans are doing in the civilian world and working to bridge that divide. >> i think it goes beyond just saying hey, i appreciate your service. i think people need to look for ways to support within their community. there's over 50,000 veteran nonprofits. i think there are ways to support them. our e...

>> i know those nato allies like poland and the other countries, they're nervous, but do you really believe, mr. ambassador, that putin would order russian incursions against a nato ally, ukraine not being a member of nato, obviously? >> i think if we did not take the steps that we're taking now, he would think that maybe it's an option. i think putin doesn't have an end state in mind other than strengthening russian power and influence. and i think he has three things in mind. he has the russian communities that surround ukraine that he wants to be part of russia. he has the former soviet uni...

Upset about this accord because they see iran as a rising power. as the arab world melts down you have three truly consequential powers in this region today, and they are all nonarabs, iran, turkey and israel. the reality is the saudis in the gulf are very worried as the israelis are about the rise of iran. the problem for us is that we really have bad options and worse options. i just don't see how this interim agreement leads to an end state where the iranians agree to moth ball let alone put beyond use a hundred billion dollar nuclear infrastructure. frankly i don't see the congress lifting...

Sanctions within six months unless iran ships all stockpiles of enriched uranium out of the country and dismantles both its heavy water plutonium reactor and uranium enrichment program, two separate paths to a nuclear bomb. >> 30 years, they have been one of the more chaotic, mayhem-causing regimes on the planet. why would you want to let the ayatollahs have the ability to enrich and hope the u.n. can stop them? that's not an acceptable out come. >> reporter: the administration is calling for none of those proposed steps in its negotiations with iran. this weekend, president obama once again s...