oh commissioner, ambassador bajpai, was mentioning that at point we make, this process cannot be divorced from regional securities. we have those realities in northeast asia. other areas including south asia and the greater middle east, we are at a kind of crossroads here. as tom was just pointing out, the good news, that we have tweaked -- two countries having signed up to total elimination. the messages we received from u.s. officials in washington is the bureaucracy takes president obama's words seriously, they are taking the the idea of global zero seriously. the bad news is there are countries on the horizon that could deploy nuclear weapons. in the case of iran, that decision could lead other countries in the region, maybe turkey, maybe eat it, maybe saudi arabia, to revaluate their nuclear plants and nuclear acquisition. we think there is a window of opportunity here but things could take place that undermines his process. that gives us a sense of urgency. >> why should a nation interested in nuclear power, particularly iran or north korea, care about what the united states and rus