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Period, with israel is ironclad. it's not going to be changed. and we will meet our obligations and our commitments to israel with respect to its security, even as we try to nudge this process forward to end what has been too many years of conflict. and the other side of the coin, andrea, is there's this enormous set of possibilities for the economy, for what relationships could be established through the recognition that would come with peace from 57 muslim countries, 22 arab countries, 35 muslim countries, it's all in the waiting, it's all out there. and we're going to continue to press forw...

Populations? >> well, andrea, as you know better than anybody, because you've been doing this a long time, there are limits on the ability of any nation to just spontaneously go out and use force whenever it wants. there are laws you have to follow and there's a process. the fact is that unless the nation that you're considering invites you in, unless you're doing it as a matter of self-defense or unless you have a u.n. resolution, there are greater limits than what you're able to do. the president has taken no option off the table. none. and the president has charged me and the rest of the ad...

Going to create through the stability and instability of countries, to economies. this is growing in its urgency for us to respond to it. and so i will continue down that path with respect to the keystone, i'm prohibited under the process to discuss it publicly. and i'm not going to. i'm engaged in a very private, personal process within the department to look at the facts. and i'll make my judgment based on the facts to make a recommendation to the president about the national interest. and i'm not going to make any hints or any indicators of what that might be at any point in time. i'm just ...

Case because of your but suit of the israeli/palestinian peace talks. your reaction? >> you know, it's a very -- complicated, very difficult issue for a lot of people. it's so emotional, so deep historically and culturally that i do not get agitated, i just don't let those things get in the way. i believe and president obama believes that israel and the region and the palestinians will all be served by having peace. and what we're trying to do is move the process forward, not impose on anybody something, but move the process forward in a way that respects the needs of everybody. israel has fun...

Room where president hollande is making a state visit today. the news conference followed talks between the two leaders on you issues including nsa spying, its nuclear program and how to end the nearly 3-year-old civil war in syria. this is what president obama said about syreayria and the cut peace talks. >> the geneva process recognizes that if we're going to solve this problem, we have to find a political solution. we will continue to commit to not just pressure the assad regime, but also get countries like russia and iran to recognize that it is in nobody's interests to see the continuing ...