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Peace processes which have been worked out in camp david in the past. but really what the u.s. is doing here, though no one is really saying this directly, is that they're trying to negotiate, basically, withdrawal of american forces from afghanistan. it's not a peace deal for afghanistan. there's no terms about the war -- the violence by the taliban ending, the afghan government isn't even directly involved in these talks. >> yeah, and there are good reasons. and i've argued some of them, to withdraw troops from afghanistan. but i just feel that if we're going to call it quits, if we're going...

Peace processes in the middle east. it is incredibly difficult, pretty much img possibpossible a heavy hand in any of those discussions when you have a limited amount of information and you are not getting the daily briefings like he was previously. but i think what we also need to watch going forward is how this new kind of limited access is enforced. this all gets enforced within the closed doors of the white house. so if there is an example for a time where his father-in-law wants to bring him in and says come look at this, take a look at this briefing and see where we go from here, there i...

Talking about the prospect for peace between israelis and the palestinians. president trump saying "i have a feeling we are going to get there eventually." ambassador, you spent a great of time in this part of the world. is that a realistic expectation at this point? >> craig, hope springs eternal when it comes to jerusalem, and presidents who love to meddle in peace processes. we've had every president since richard nixon, and then jimmy carter, ronald reagan, all had their respective peace plans. of course, president bill clinton and george w. bush. so let's understand, i think the president...

Palestinian authority in the west bank, leaving the whole complicated and dangerous situation, security included, to the israelis to manager. that would not be very good for the israelis, either, if i may say. >> pointedly, the death of this palestinian teenager took place in east jerusalem, which palestinians envision as the capital of a palestinian state, very pointedly that israeli still considers to be part of israel. so it was already a tinderbox. there is some sort of rumbling that this could be the spark, this killing of this teenager, to a third uprising. do you see that on the horizon...

There were a lot of other stakes, not just peace processes but major trade and military issues. there are a huge number of issues that washington has to face. and it's not just the obama administration but congress which may well pressure the white house to take tougher action because of that issue of the coup. senators gram and mccain were in egypt recently, and used the word coup alienating many in egypt but that's what it was. they warned about the dangers of dissen grags into bloodshed and the danger is now the role the united states tried to play as mediators between the military and the ...