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Which is -- i'm sure for the u.s. position, they have their own reasons and they have their own arguments for that more important to look at how can we help and corroborate together in order to have a stable system. the people support and the people endorse. >> bret: your region has gone through a lot of turmoil. obviously your relationship with your other arab countries has gone through a rocky period but now where is it with saudi arabia, uae, bahrain? >> since the agreement we have seen there is a willingness from all partners in order to cooperation together. actually positive environment....

Rodney king riots, the crime bill of '94. it is designed to get at root causes. it is designed to address system changes. we have used it at the department of justice very successfully over the years to change culture in los angeles, to address issues in portland oregon involving use of force against people with mental health issues, seattle, nor plins. a number of other cities. it can be a very effective tool. when you have cooperation from a city and from a department it makes it that much more easy to do and i met with the mayor today on the issues that we're working on at the department of...

Specifics of this request or whether it will be granted. you can describe what this looks like. you oversaw them when you were at the d.o.j. what does a pattern and practice inquiry from the d.o.j. look like? >> we were involved in quite a few of those during my tenure. it is a soup to nuts look, getting at the root causes of whatever the situation may be. so in new orleans, for instance, we were looking at use of force. we were looking at arrests. we were looking at a right panoply of concerns that were brought to our attention. the process of our investigation involved literally over 100 com...

At the doj. what does a pat inch and practice inquiry from the doj look like? >> we were involved in quite a few of those during my tenure. it is a soup to nuts look, getting at the root causes of whatever the situation may be. so in new orleans, for instance, we were looking at use of force. we were looking at arrests. we were looking at a wide panoply of concerns that were brought to our attention. the process of our investigation involved literally over 100 community meetings. we engaged experts, because the pattern and practice statute was enacted in the aftermath of the rodney king riots,...

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