last year we provided israel with the largest package of security assistance ever. [ applause ] and that s money very well spent. because it goes directly to bolstering israel s ability to defend itself by itself. in a very tough neighborhood. [ applause ] it goes to protecting israeli citizens and to strengthening a vital american ally. we re maintaining israel s qualitative military edge with new defense technologies and access to the most advanced military equipment in the world. president obama is determined to ensure that israel i m sorry.
groups. this may have a military edge to it. if there is a video message, this is a very serious and concerning thing until we hear what s in it. nic robertson reporting live this morning. thank you. christian leaders are speaking out. pope francis calling the 21 egyptian christians killed by isis martyrs. he went on to say, their blood is our blood. father dave dwyer, thanks for joining me. sure. i really appreciate you being here. i want to read you something that cardinal timothy dolan wrote in the new york post. quote, there is an orchestrated phobia of christianity throughout the world. a coordinated effort on behalf of fanatics to see that true religion which stands for friendship dignity and the sacredness of human life is stamped out. how do you fight evil when war goes against your core beliefs? well as a matter of fact even just yesterday the united states bishops issued a statement to our u.s. government
come back to congress and say i need you to vote so i can continue to have the threat of the force? that would make sense if you were confident of the vote. as the president said the other day, i don t think he can be confident of the vote. right now the russians take that threat credibly and serious. i think we should leave them with that idea and i don t think we should undermine the negotiators. people are saying putin is this master chess player and describing all kinds of missions to our adversaries. i think putin is more like a lawyer who lost control of his client. that should have told assad some time ago, look, you have the military edge on the battlefield now. don t screw it up by doing something stupid. and what happened here was that i think russia lost control of the client. as much interest now in working with the united states to try to make this framework work, to try to, you know, save the client from itself. so i don t think that we have this master strategist think
i mean young people, can work together to make progress in three areas that will define our times. security, piece, and prosperity. let me begin with security. i m proud that the security relationship between the united states and israel has never been stronger, never. more exercises between our militaries, more exchanges among our political and military and intelligence officials than ever before. the largest program to date to help you retain your qualitative military edge. these are the facts. these aren t my opinions. these are facts. but to me, this is not simply
kind of military strike. netanyahu said twice this is our view, this is oour view. and by way of suggesting it is not the u.s. president s view. one further point, bill, if i may. president obama said as a sort of a big announcement in his opening remarks that the united states remains committed to helping israel maintain what s called the qme. qualitative military edge. what that means no matter what arms we sell to the region, we will always help israel maintain qualitative edge over its neighbors. we are committed to sex extending that beyond 2017 for some period of time. we will talk about that at the end of the news conference president netanyahu to my eye tried to force the president s hand by saying they were going to negotiate this not just beyond 2017 but netanyahu specified for a 10 year time frame. president obama hadn t put any time frame on it, bill. bill: president obama said in the press conference that he believes negotiations can stop iran from the nukes. i don t thi