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In peace and want peace and believe peace will strengthen everybody. the united states of america through president obama and his direction and his policy is absolutely committed ironclad to the security of israel. and israel needs to understand we will always stand by its security needs. but no one should dissport what we're doing or saying because they're opposed to the peace process or don't like two states or whatever, and, you know, words -- i have to tell you, my friend, i've been, quote, attacked before by people using real bullets, not words, and i am not going to be intimidated. i am ...

Congress, would like to see more sweeping reforms to the use of national security letters. so that we have to go to a judge each time before issuing these requests. here i have concerns that we should not set a standard for terrorism investigations that is higher than those involved in investigating an ordinary crime. but i agree, that greater oversight on the use of these letters may be appropriate, and i'm prepared to work with congress on this issue. there are also those who would like to see different changes to the fisa court than the ones i have proposed. on all these issues, i'm open to...

Day. critics say the technology is important because it's able to infiltrate systems before defenses are built and patches are developed. and before the release of the recommendations, the white house spokesman insisted that any reform would not roll back the u.s. government's capabilities. >> he does believe that we can take steps to refind our practices and make sure that we are collecting intelligence, gathering intelligence in a way that serves our security needs in a focused way and not just because we can because we have the capacity to do so. >> reporter: the criticism is that the recom...

Understand it and see through a consultative process are there ways through technology, through additional ideas, we can potentially provide for that. i assigned one of our top former generals, john allen, who used to most recently head up the entire coalition effort in afghanistan he is retired, but willing to take on this mission. he is willing to examine the set of challenges around security. >> has he concluded anything? >> he has come up to, he has arrived at the conclusion that it is possible to create a two state solution that preserves israel's security needs. that's his conclusion, bu...

He is tying kick-start peace talks between the israeli and palestinians. how is that going? >> reporter: this is his ninth trip, secretary kerry, to the israeli and palestinian territory. in july you remember he gave the israelis and palestinians a nine-month deadline to reach a peace deal. we are about four months in so the clock is ticking and i think it's fair to say there is little progress. today, general john allen who has been working with contrary on israeli security issues, will present some detailed ideas on how israeli security needs, particularly in the west bank, could be addresse...