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is the incremental additional money that they ve got to try to destabilize the region or send to their proxies, is that more important than preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon? no. so i think again, this is a matter of us making a determination of what is our priority. the other problem with the argument that folks have been making about, oh, this is a windfall and suddenly iran is flushed with cash, and they re going to take over the world. and i say that not tongue-in-cheek, because if you look at some of the statements by some of our critics, you would think that iran is, in fact, going to take over the world as a consequence of this deal which i think would be news to the iranians. that argument is also premised on the notion that if there is no deal, if congress votes down this deal, that we re able to keep sanctions in place with the same vigor and effectiveness as we have right now. and that, i can promise you, is not true. that is absolutely not tr ....
the deal we have negotiated achieves that goal. it make sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon we have always recognized that even if iran does not get a nuclear weapon it still poses challenges to our interest and our values in the region and around the world. when this deal gets implemented, we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran s nuclear program. we will have brought the stockpile down to 98%. we will have reduce the number of centrifuges they operate. we will have installed an unprecedented inspections regime. that will remain in place not just for 10 years, but for the stockpile 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon that will be subject to additional protocols. we will have disabled a facility like iraq the iraq facility from allowing iran to develop plutonium they could be used for a bomb. we will have greatly reduced the stockpile of uranium that is enriche ....
he served at the pacific northwest national laboratory. he received his phd and was awarded the distinguished service award. i m going to have tom shea, and talk a little bit about the paper and then i will introduce or other speakers. dr. shea: is there anyone here the new agreement? i will start off with shame on you, and get to it. having just produce the document, was only yesterday? the article i have been working on is in a state of now trying to cope with the reality of the specifics of the final agreements. starting off, 25 years ago the iaea system was overhauled after it was discovered that there were clandestine nuclear weapons programs in iraq and north korea. in effect, they compelled the international community to overhaul that system and make it relevant to the threats of today . the efforts that took place, the technologies that have been applied, the authorities that have been given, all of those things have essentially been reinvented since 1990. today ....
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contents and accuracy. visit ncicap.org next a discussion on the verification process. then q&a. live at 7:00 your calls and comments on washington journal. today, the united states with the international partners have achieved something that decades of animosity have not. a comprehensive long-term deal with iran that will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. this deal demonstrates that american diplomacy can bring about real and meaningful change. change that makes our country and the world more secure. this deal is also in line with a tradition of american leadership. it is now more than 50 years since president kennedy stood before the american people and said let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate. he was speaking then ....
that we want tor detention and removal purposes my hope is they not be released period. i honestly believe the most effective way to go about getting at undocumented criminals in local jails is through a cooperative, constructive effort. but i m sorry to interrupt, i only have a little bit. but that isn t working. so i think you have the authority, i think that you need to take the tough position to say, in a directive, you will respond to us and if you need something done legislatively come back to you. with all due respect, sir, i think the administration is avoiding this because of the propensity to want amnesty the way it does but that is a matter for another day. but if you want to respond to that. the problem, if i may, is for a long time we did take the position that detainers were mandatory and that was leading to a lot of litigation in the courts. right. i m aware of that sir. we re losing. we re losing for reasons of the due process clause of the con ....