Mr. Mccain thank you. Mr. Dempsey. Mr. Dempsey i will keep my comments brief. As i have stated previously i was consulted during the course of the negotiations and provided my best military advice. It addresses a critical and the most dangerous point of friction with the iranian regime, but as i have stated repeatedly, there are at least five other areas of concern from weapons trafficking to the use of surrogates and proxies in naval minds and undersea activity, and last but not least, to malicious activity in cyberspace. The negotiated deal does not change the options at our disposal. We will continue to engage our partners in the region to address these areas. Ultimately time and iranian behavior will determine if the Nuclear Agreement is effective and stable. In the interim, i will provide my best military advice and options. With that, i look forward to your questions. Mr. Mccain we have a vote right now, and usually we vote we bounce back and forth, but i think this is important
Meanwhile, the United States, the department of defense, and the men and women of the finest fighting force the world has ever known will continue, with your support to work in americans interests defend allies, and upholds the president s commitment that iran will not gain a Nuclear Weapon should it walk away from this deal. Mr. Mccain thank you. Mr. Dempsey. Mr. Dempsey i will keep my comments brief. As i have stated previously i was consulted during the course of the negotiations and provided my best military advice. It addresses a critical and the most dangerous point of friction with the iranian regime, but as i have stated repeatedly, there are at least five other areas of concern from weapons trafficking to the use of surrogates and proxies in naval minds and undersea activity, and last but not least, to malicious activity in cyberspace. The negotiated deal does not change the options at our disposal. We will continue to engage our partners in the region to address these areas.
Been completely unhelpful. In may of this year the Enforcement Bureau says they intend that the broadband providers should enemploy Privacy Protections. What does that mean . I have no idea. I sp prks isps have no idea. I have no idea. I would rather have let the experts who have protected consumers handle this issue based on law that you have given them. They have the expertise to handle these issues, correct . Expertise and legal authority, yes. The chairman talked another issue about privacy and edge providers. Chairman wheeler the Consumer Interest Group filed a petition to ask you to oppose a Consumer Privacy protections. When are we going to see your response . Do you believe providers should have a different standard of protection than isps . Thank you very much. The commission has for decades been enforcing privacy on the telecommunications carriers. Its not as though we fell into this patch. Theres a long history of Privacy Protection regarding telecommunications carriers. In
Coalition. And we quite critical will be following up on a daily basis to make sure these strategies and efforts go forward. Secretary carter was recently in israel. Ady to discuss further enhancements to security assistance. We have a high degree of confidence that it is 50 billion. The reason the 100 billion figure has been out there is billion inare 100 foreign reserves that have been an excessive will. Some of that has been due to the sanctions, some of it because it is obligated, and some of it has been spent. It on the books, but it is not there. The funds that have been spent and are not there cant be recovered, even when sanctions are lifted. What remains is about 50 billion to come back to iran. With that, one needs to keep the spective that are regarding what they need. A final point that i want to add that 500 billion hole would be required to get the oil sector up and producing so they could bring the wealth into the country that they aspire to . Their oil minister has stat
I like what president obama had to say, because in my book, whatever he does, ever since he became president , to go against him, one time they said a time they agree with them, and then they change their mind and go again tim. Against him. If president obama could find a cure for cancer, they still would disagree with him, so i fully agree with my president. Next on the line. We have done nothing for far too long, and sanctions have only succeeded in crippling this economically, and with all of the difficulties. This is a step in the right direction. How effective it will be is yet to be seen, but something is better than nothing at this point. Thank you, and from raleigh north carolina, your opinion on the deal . Yes it is a bad move. They cannot be trusted. Anybody coming before or after meddling in this country and the whole region, trying to start a new world order and changing the way we live and using this as an excuse as to say, hey, this is for the security of our nation. They