acquiescence in allowing 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 them. they seem pretty optimistic this morning from europe. we'll see what they bring to the table. >> you are a former senator who was involved in military and foreign affairs while in office. the obama administration announced they're cutting the army back 40,000. that's outside of the sequester cuts. your reaction? >> well we go through these