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We wanted to have a military option also. that's what i was referring to in that article and the same principal applyies today in the case of the negotiations with the iranians. we obviously prefer negotiated outcome but we have to protect ourselves. >> in the past day the supreme leader of iran said he's not optimistic there would be a deal and he wouldn't allow inspections. in the blue print that the united states provided those would have been a part of this deal. how big of a blow is that for you if there's no inspections of military sites? that gives you a big blind spot shs doesn't it? >...

But we ought to have a very very high bar for when we finish this deal and, remember, of course, that iran needs this deal a lot more than the united states does. that might give us a negotiating advantage. but as secretary albright said it does cut off their pathway to a nuclear weapon. the iraq heavy water reactor is going to be neutralized. the enrichment is going to be scrutinized. the verification provisions here are very strict. i think what makes it different, mika from north korea is this iran's a trading nation. they need capital investment. they need export their oil and gas. and tha...

>> they are a big deal. you can enrich uranium. the agreement that was reached today does a very effective job if it's fully implemented of fore closing both path ways to the bomb. including building no new enrichment facilities. and equally significant has been its agreement to completely redesign its plutonium production. pretty intrusive verification provisions. >> significant enough to keep iran from developing a nuclear weapon within the frame work of

Session of congress trying to scuttle president obama's attempt at a diplomatic breakthrough to control iran's potential nuclear capacity. your view whether the conservatives in this congress who have been quoting netanyahu to thwart the president's deal should be celebrating tonight. >> no, i don't think it affects that. i think the real issue that affects that are the terms of the agreement. there's broad support in this country and surely around the world for continuing i think it's only in the u.s. house of representatives and the prime minister and his supporters in israel who strongly op...

Who have been quoting netanyahu to thwart the president's deal should be celebrating tonight. >> no, i don't think it affects that. i think the real issue that affects that are the terms of the agreement. there's broad support in this country and surely around the world for continuing these discussions. i think it's only in the u.s. house of representatives and the prime minister and his supporters in israel who strongly oppose these negotiations. but the real test will be the verification provisions in the agreement and whether or not it will, in fact, have the effect of preventing iran from ...