. >> the united states, when you lose money on almost everything you drill, bakken no good. >> wti is back up to 42, 43. back to the president. >> about gulf partners being free riders and iran and saudi arabia should share the neighborhood. i'm wondering if and your meeting you feel like you've eased any of those tensions if that was your goal and if you could point operation -- do you feel that -- >> the fact of matter is that friendship and cooperation that's existed between the united states and gulf countries has been consistent for decades. during the course of our administration and these are countries that have extensively cooperated with us on counterterrorism, on curbing the financing of terrorist activities. they are part of the isil -- counterisil coalition, that has made and as we come to this meeting in part because of the collective efforts of the members of the gcc, we have a new government in lebia that is very nascent but has the opportunity finally to organize itself in a way that woo haven't seen in a couple of years. that would not have happened had it not been fo