officially begins. hello. you guys look great. mrs. clinton. nice to see you. nice to see you too. hi, mr. president. you re seeing the house for the holidays before anybody else has seen it because we just finished it about 2:00 this afternoon i think the final touches were put on, so we re delighted you can be here. it s a very glam look this year, very gold, very sill version very glam, don t you think? we wanted to do a winter wonderland. and when you think of winter, you think of silver and white and crystal, and there s so much gold in the house already, a little gold to tie it all together. we had the best help. the white house staff is beyond description. they re so wonderful. are you all looking forward to the holidays? very much. chelsea will be home pretty soorngs and we always love it. do you all have any plans for the holidays? our idea for the big holidays is go nowhere and do nothing.
he said that he believed iran was getting closer and closer to trying to obtain nuclear wepts and united states must lead the effort from keeping iran from being able to obtain any kind of nuclear weaponry and also that he backed israel if israel would decide that it needed to strike iran to protect itself. with hezbollah rockets aimed at israel from the north and hamas rockets aimed from the south. with iran bent on nuclear arms, america s vocal and demonstrative commitment to the defense of israel is even more critical. whenever the security of israel is most in doubt, america s commitment to israel must be most secure. now, he said that the security of israel is also vital to the national security of the united states. you can see here him really making a push and trying to get not only the israelis who are here, and you can hear them clappi clapping, but also the jewish voters back at home how important he believes the israeli/united nations is. we know about the hi