their answers, and with that i would like to introduce collectively secretary john kerry, secretary onice, who has been incredibly helpful to all of us. secretary lou who served in multiple positions here has been certainly affirmed by this committee and several -- several times. we thank you all for your great service to our nation in spite of some of the concerns that we have here today. i think you all understand the drill. take five minutes or so to explain as -- as i have looked at your testimony, i know it's very brief, just to warn people in advance, i'm going to defer my questions, ben, and move to you immediately thereafter and use my time to interject as things move along. with that secretary kerry. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member carden. we really do appreciate the chance to discuss with you the comprehensive plan that we in our p5-plus-1 partners have developed with iran regarding the future of its nuclear plan. this isn't just the united states of america. these are other nuclear powers france britain, russia china. they have a pretty good understanding of this