elements of our sanctions regime. there are a lot of people who say that the pain is being passed on to the people. when we say is being passed on, we have to note it is the regime itself that is ensuring its own survival and ensuring the hardship of its own people. it could be diverting funds away from its military program come away from its nuclear enrichment and away from its terrorism support but it is -- it doesn't do that and it passes on the pain to the average iranian. >> dana: let me put up a list of the countries secretary pompeo was visiting before he heads to the g20 summit. saudi arabia, uae, india, japan, republic of korea. it is part of the message -- does the treasury department and state department have to work together in lockstep to make the diplomacy work so that the pentagon doesn't have to actually come in and take action? >> that's exactly right. that is the playbook. it's showing the iranians we have an international coalition that's committed to isolating them. a couple of things to note,