i don't think they have themonths. there is more -- the six months. there is more pressure. he has to start showing benefits but these talks with worthwhile and should be continued. >> you think the hill is skeptical. >> they've been skeptical all along. >> john, its been a success. the talks have been a success. look what they've done. they have all of the 20% you are yan yum is basically -- uranium is basically erased. the iraq nuclear reactor which was going to be heavy water is modified so it doesn't pr weapons grade plutonium. so you've had progress along this. i agree with rich. i don't think the iranians want a nuclear weapon quite frankly and the american intelligence agency says they don't have a nuclear weapons program and they've never reversed that call. >> they definitely want -- they won't go through this great trouble for a nuclear program. >> this isn't something that they pick up and say what are we going to do this weekend. let's do weaponry. they've got various plants, the nuclear plants producing all of this material, enriched uranium. i don't know what y

since themonths opening and nearly that long since we began inquiring, despite the committees proactively seeking cooperation for months, the white house continues to obstruct this investigation. s'sminating in mr. sima defiance and failure to appear here today. this is a second opportunity they to give mr. simas ability to come and explain the operations. as i said earlier, i offered an alternative in response to their request there not be a public hearing. the president has called maintaining, cuts control the senate. , that hisiority prerogative, that is his prerogative, but using a taxpayer-funded office and personnel to achieve their goals skirts to the line of the hatch act. this is not an investigation of the president's activities or his goals. this is simply oversight. is simply oversight. while the white house has made assurances the new structure is in compliance with the hatch act, no one from the office has answered bake questions or even provided documentation. the office of special counsel has not been able to evaluate anything but publicly available correspondence. couple

themonths ago, a month ago, reality on the ground on june 9, the international community has to adaptto that change. you.ank palestinian journalist and i had the honor of meeting both in and dad and my question follows on the same feed. it rack, for all practical purpose, there is a de facto partition today. what kind of mechanism could you employ to have a cream -- have a clean break? alleviate what ever fears the city state might have in terms of being oil or or in exchange for whatever? how do you see this happening? >> the de facto partition where is -- where iraq is divided, that is part of the reality we are talking about. how are we going to deal with this effective partition? are we going to be united again? who is going to be united again? to unite iraqi again, that means you must wage a war and clean the area from terrorists. that's a good target, but who is going to do that? we do not have an iraqi army or we don't have an army which can fight now. the majority of the army units have collapsed. ready toited states send troops to iraq again? i guess the answer is no. to atta