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Fought for his freedom. >> it's unacceptable for an american to be thrown in prison for preaching his christian faith. >> statements calling for his release have come from secretary of state john kerry and the white house says president obama even took up the case in a phone call with the iranian president rouhani earlier this fall. but instead of progress, the pastor's plight seems to be getting worse. earlier this month, the family learned he has been transferred to a notorious prison where they fear for his safety. and this weekend's short-term deal with iran came and went with no provision...

Context. >> the other controversy about the book is that secret service agents, i guess, are not supposed to write books. why did you feel it was important to do so? >> they are not encouraged to write books. there's no actual regulation prohibiting it. i chose to do it because there had never really been a book about the working level secret service agents and i chose to write a book that covered the 21 years of my career which, you know, span from 1983 until 2004, two tours on the presidential detail and some unique experiences there such as running with the president. >> no kidding. here's ...

We worked very, very well with them down at the tactical level, the day to day, the working level. they're passionate about their space program. they've been very safe. we're friends with the cosmonauts. we're friends with their engineers. the concern i have is what would happen at the very top level, the political level, things that are out of our control? we just don't know. as long as we can maintain good strategic relations with the russians we can continue this program. but down at the astronaut-cosmonaut level it's very, very good. >> let me ask you again going back to the crew. sandra m...

He got it done and understands not only the politics of it, the political courage it takes to take on all the interests. all the interests, business, labor, environment. everybody has a reason not to cut the budget. thought's gone for that. he understands how to do that. that's going to be the central issue certainly in the republican primary, maybe in the general election. and he's the only guy who can say he did it at a very practical working level and i think that's going to be a powerful case. question go to health care. one other example, he can -- he understands the procurement process o...

We should be prepared to continue with them at a working level but unless there is real progress, we should then go think about our other options. >> so let's talk about them. negotiations are going nowhere. regime change in the short-term, we don't seem to be in 1989 in hungary and poland yet. what does that leave us with? you outlined the dilemma nicely. now, choose. you have go choices. you've got to live with iran on a path where it could develop a serious nuclear capacity. are you going to live with it or are you going to try to dismantle it? if you're going to dismantle it, by the way, n...