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In north korea in exchange for closing one of the nuclear facilities, which would have left a whole arsenal that north korea would still maintain, a problem for u.s. and it's why trump said he walked away from the table. the bigger problem in these negotiations is they were coming in literally going to meet and north korea would never abandon their nuclear weapons and u.s. wouldn't go all the way and remove the sanctions so the work traditionally done in advance of the summits did not take place here. trump flew to vietnam hoping he might be able to create some synergy, some chemistry with kim...

Lurching again for the snooze button. we're going to send again this dribbling small amounts of assistance, into the region. when isis is constantly growing. >> the white house claims isis has lost 40% of the populated areas it controlled in iraq. and is also losing territory in syria. but also challenging the effectiveness of the commander-in-chief and the fight against isis. is his former defense secretary chuck hagel, who told foreign policy.com that americans standing with allies around the globe suffered when the president backed off from enforcing his red line on syria's use of chemical ...

We know what his dreams are and they know that as well. they joined nato because they want the protection not only the europeans but also of the united states in facing a very, very formidable opponent. they faced him in the past and want our help in preventing war and retaining their own freedom as they move forward in the future. >> thank you so much, general clark. by the way, we know what his dreams are is my favorite quote of the day. you'll have to come back on to unpack those. that was general wesley clark. and now to look for specifically at this question of sanctions we'll turn to som...

>> that's where .celebrity testimony is usually the most helpful. at otherwise obscure appropriations hearings about how much money we should devote to a particular problem. we would not even know that there was a senate hearing today involving the rising costs of alzheimer's for patients if seth rogan or someone else of his visibility level had not testified. in another senate hearing room today, there was a hearing titled prospects for peace in the democratic republic of congo and great lakes region, which would have attracted no news cameras and no news reports and very few senators if ben ...

Very few senators if ben affleck wasn't one of the witnesses scheduled to testify. foreign policy.com posted a story about the hearing before it began under the deliberately provocative title, ben affleck to testify before congress as an africa expert. the piece found an anonymous republican staffer at the house foreign affairs committee saying that they turned down an opportunity to hear ben affleck testify to that committee on the same subject because, quote, people serious about resolving problems, especially problems related to life and death want to have serious conversations with experts...