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From a six-week recess. the deadline to fund the government is, as always, the end of september. and so i want everybody just to understand that congress has about a month to pass a budget that helps our economy grow, otherwise we risk shutting down the government in services we all count on for the second time in two years. that would not be responsible. it does not have to happen. congress needs to fund america in the way that invests in our growth and our security, and not cuts us off at the knees by locking in mindless austerity or short-sighted sequester cuts to our economy or our militar...

Acquiescence in allowing iran to develop a nuclear weapon. it sounds like you would walk away from the table is that fair? >> i would be very hesitant with what i've seen right now. i agree with what senator mcconnell just said that what we do not want to do at this point is to send a signal to the region that we are accepting the notion that eventually iran would be acquiring nuclear weapons. there are other ways that we can improve relations with iran. confidence-building gestures as we did with the soviet union over many years. you don't have to have this deal in order to move forward with ...

Acquiescence in allowing iran to develop a nuclear weapon. it sounds like you would walk away from the table is that fair? >> i would be very hesitant with what i've seen right now. i agree with what senator mcconnell just said that what we do not want to do at this point is to send a signal to the region that we are accepting the notion that eventually iran would be acquiring nuclear weapons. there are other ways that we can improve relations with iran. confidence-building gestures as we did with the soviet union over many years. you don't have to have this deal in order to move forward with ...

4 50,000. there will be civilian cuts as well. we first heard about these a while back last year. they will follow through on the cuts. more may be to come because of sequester cuts. it will be a big topic of conversation here in washington. as we go through the process ahead. how it is we are only training a few dozen syrian fighters to take on isis forces in the strong holds of syria. >> you mentioned we are currently training about 60 fighters. i have to tell you after four years, mr. secretary, that's not a very impressive number. a oo not impressive because they signed off on spending $50...

When they come full force beginning october 1. >> senator tim kaine, always good to you have with us sir. >> good to be back. >> let's turn to iran. officials have once again extended the deadline to reach a potentially historic nuclear deal with tehran. now with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, congressman ed royce. thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> there are a lot of people who lamented these continued extensions of the deadline. we passed another one again yesterday. but you said what's the rush? let's take our time to get this right. >> yeah, exact...