prime minister netanyahu or for that matter some of the republican leadership that s already spoken none of them have presented to me a better alternative. my hope is that everyone in congress evaluates this agreement based on the facts. not on politics. the details of this deal matter very much. i hope we don t lose sight of the larger picture. if we don t choose wisely i believe future generations will judge us harshly for letting this moment slip away. hours ago president obama took to the mic to offer an exhaustive and energetic defense of his landmark nuke loor deal with iran. taking questions for over o an hour the president outlined the stakes. we ve got an historic chance to pursue a safer and more secure world, an opportunity that may not come again in our lifetimes. and as president and as commander in chief i am determined to seize that