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Let anything undermine his commitment and as long as he is president of the united states he is going to honor that commitment and work vigilantly to ensure israel's safety and security. >> i want to bring back nbc's kelly o'donnell, kris jansing at the white house. kris start with you. president obama called this speech a distraction, but there's real concern this could impact nuclear talks going as we speak. >> reporter: they didn't want this speech to happen they have been clear about that for a number of reasons, including the one you just mentioned. right now, you have john kerry in switz...

The inappropriateness of this speech, arguments about iran which is more important than any of this, he wins if he gets elected. isn't that what the game here is politically? >> clearly the fact the speech is taking place two weeks before the election would indicate the timing of the election is more important than the timing of the speech. you have to think that he could have put this speech off for 2 1/2, 3 weeks and come here and made the exact same case. if it wasn't important to do it right before the election. similarly for the republicans it would have been easy to get a bipartisan and ...

Speech arguments about iran which is more important than any of this, he wins if he gets elected. isn't that what the game here is politically? >> clearly the fact the speech is taking place two weeks before the election would indicate the timing of the election is more important than the timing of the speech. you have to think that he could have put this speech off for 2 1/2, 3 weeks and come here and made the exact same case. if it wasn't important to do it right before the election. similarly for the republicans it would have been easy to get a bipartisan and include the administration in i...