he joined crs in 1991 in the aftermath of the liberation of kuwait, and he has twice been detailed to the house foreign affairs committee, and he's responsible for iraq, iran, and afghanistan policy. following ken will be ilan berman, vice president for policy of the american foreign policy council and an expert on regional security in the middle east, central asia and the russian federation. he is consulted with both the cia and the department of defense and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security matters to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. he is an adjunct professor, he's a member of the committee on the present danger and the editor of the journal for international security affairs. he is the author of articles, books, and most recently edited the book, taking on tehran: strategies for confronting the islamic republic, and finally speaking will be jim phillips who is our senior research fellow here at heritage in the douglas and sarah allison center. he's written extensively on security issues and international terrorism. he was a re

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>> i can't speak to what they are doing other than to say there are other navies out there that cr as concerned. the idea is that this is somehow being made a u.s. responsibility. the world spoke through the united nations. also this collective concern and there are now collective authorities given to us and we hope it doesn't just fall off on us to respond to this but in the sense that the security council resolution was much more comp hence i have that than that. there are new economic restrictions and sanctions and financial restrictions and sanction it's, so i would pursue y'all to pursue some of those angles as well, but there are other components to this other than just the military one. >> geoff? >> it's been pretty widely reported that the president signed off on this new fiber sub command? >> yes. >> can you talk to us about what exactly he did authorize and what it will bring to the fold and when we could start looking for some of this to be standing up ? >> i think this has been reported ad nozz yum! by now. it was the least best-kept secret in washington and recently signe

crs, we don't make my recommendations, but what i would say is i think iran is in a weak position right now. the internal turmoil has made them, perhaps, more willing to compromise, to religious their legitimacy. the u.s. has a window in which iran is weak, and my view would be to take maximum advantage of that weakness to press for a nuclear deal on very favorable terms to the united states. >> okay. >> well, i have a somewhat different perspective. it seems to me i've looked at iran for a while, not as long as ken has, but for a while, and it seems the conversation we've been having over the last several years is misleading in the sense that the nuclear program tends to be a red herring when we think about iran. we're concerned over the nuclear program, but if you transpose that onto another country, say luxembourg or what have you, portugal, you don't, simply don't have that kind of concern because the threat of the iranian nuclear program emanates not from the technology, but it 'em mates -- emanates from the regime that will ultimately wield it. we're concerned over the intentions