Purpose. Bunker buster bombs, im not sure how that contributes to that. An arms race, thats hard to measure. Im not sure the provision of military hardware contributes to the arms race. There are tons of scholarship about that, we will not get into that. If, with your permission it is only fair that i respond very briefly to these assertions that nasser made earlier that i quite respect. T is just useful to provide a counter argument to it. It is important for the debate here and over there as well. I think the central theme of what he is saying is that iran is misunderstood and if only be better understood it, it would be primarily defensive posture in the region things could be so much better. Fair enough we have a lot of misperceptions about that country. Some are failing. It is quite a notoriously opaque system over there. It is becoming increasingly easier to read through the long negotiations between the United States and iran. We know much better about iran today but there is st
Julia hymen is watching the markets as stocks climb on the republican victories. We begin with a reporter round table on the midterm elections. White house cordens Phil Mattingly and margaret have analysis has america looks at a new political dynamic for barack obama. Phil, let me start with you. Did the white house really not see this coming . No, mark. I think they had a good sense of what was going to happen, especially over the days leading up to the election. I do think that it ended up being the wave, the wave, the number of seats that have gone down, seven already with the possibility of two more was more than any democrats were able to comprehend going into this. But the president s Political Team had stayed in pretty close touch with the Congressional Campaign committees and had been briefing him regularly. He was calling for numbers throughout the day. Was interested in it. Mark, they had a sense it was coming. Just didnt maybe grasp the scope of it. Margaret, where did the d
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Next months. Now we have been very clear, both publicly and privately, a final agreement will not rely on promises. It will rely on proof. It is important to note that iran, to date, has honored all of the commitments that it made under the joint plan of action that we agreed to in 2013. And i ask you to think about that against the backdrop of those who predicted that it would fail and not get the job done. And in return for irans future cooperation, we and our International Partners will provide relief in phases from the sanctions that have impacted irans economy. And if we find at any point that iran is not complying with this agreement, the sanctions can snap back into place. So together these parameters outline a reasonable standard that iran can readily meet, and it is the standard that iran has now agreed to meet. Throughout history, diplomacy has been necessary to prevent wars and to define international boundaries, to design institutions, and to develop global norms. Simply de