deutch.man. i too would like to associate myself with the chairman's remarks about the tragic death of kayla mueller at the hands of the barbaric isis terrorists. our thoughts and prayers go out to kayla's family and friends during this difficult time. please know that we will continue to honor kayla's memory and her life's work by giving this humanitarian crisis the attention that it deserves. i want to thank the chairman for starting this congress with the hearing specifically focused on the humanitarian aspect of the syrian conflict a follow-up to four humanitarian focused hearings that we held last congress. the title of this hearing speaks volumes to the situation inside syria and in neighboring countries. there is no end in sight. members had the opportunity to discuss the political and security components of this conflict in the full foreign affairs committee this morning. this afternoon, we are here to focus on the growing humanitarian crisis, there are now 12.2 million people in need

ted deutch of florida ranking member on the subcommittee. rep. deutch: thank you both. . i understand we are now approaching a deadline. i want to express my thanks, as i have every time i have had the opportunity. as we approach these last days, let me say that raising the issue at this point can no longer suffice. if anyone is to take iran seriously that there is any commitment that they can make that can be at to, the best show of good faith would be to return those americans. i urge you to make that a priority. number one. i have been clear. i know we are not supposed to prejudge a deal. there are things that would concern us in any deal i think it's ok to address. i want to go through a few. straightforward questions. debbieputy secretary blinken >> -- mr. blinken: let me say i agree with your statement about the americans imprisoned. the only issue that comes up a regularly, apart from the nuclear discussions, is the american citizens. we are working on it vigorously. we want to bring them home. with regard to whether the agreement will be made public, certainly the

. >> yes, thank you very much for that question, ranking member deutch. it is an issue that we continue to discuss with our partners. as you mentioned, inside syria, it's very dangerous. and so we don't require that. within the surrounding countries, we are asking them to step up their branding. it may not be on every bag because some of that goes into syria and some doesn't. so it's difficult to differentiate. but at least to put up more signs around and portray that. and also just in discussions with the officials who are working in those camps to make sure they understand where the assistance is coming from. and, in fact we're able to do that even within inside syria in a quiet way to let people know the local organizations that we're working with where it comes from to get the word out. >> comments? >> a quick add because we're very familiar with the zatri example. we've had a number of discussions actually with unhdr and with harper in particular about the visibility issues related to zatri. the challenge has been as soon as a u.s. flag goes up it co

barkleys, hewlett-packard, deutche bank and tesla today. is this a concern of yours?, it should be a big concern for everybody. i think the one thing the analysts aren't focused on the way they should. everybody is dealing with the fact that if you're selling something in europe and you have to translate it back to the u.s., you're losing 13% or so year to date. about 25% year over year. and that's simple math. the bigger problem, which people haven't really dealt with. if the dollar stays up here, a lot of companies have to reprice their products. so you're right now dealing with a currency translation effect. anything you're bringing over from asia or europe you have to translate back to fewer u.s. dollars. the bigger issue is when you have to go through and reprice your products because customers overseas can't afford or don't want to afford it or becomes less competitive because effectively with the dollar up 26% year over year as of today, you've given all your products a 26% price increase, and that's a big issue, if you're an international competitor. so that's

representative deutch: i understand. it's difficult to be comfortable this is a serious enough step to prevent them from breaking up. next. i think you can understand the frustration that we have when both you and mr. szubin talk about phase proportionate sanctions, and then talked about the plan to go to the united nations security council and to make clear that at the u.n., venezuela and nigeria may get the chance to vote on this deal now, but congress will ultimately have a chance to vote on this perhaps 5, 10, 15 years in the future. i hope you understand the frustration. the real question i have is how can the sanctions relief be reversible, if the plan is to go united nations to reverse all of the multilateral sanctions? leaving only the american sanctions in place. mr. blinken: again, i just want to make clear this is, as it happens, an international agreement that has other parties to the agreement. that is done through the security council. the security council would take no of any agreement, and make clear that

john deutch, former cia, also pled guilty to similar offenses.t surprises me is that he got so caught up in this affair that he really derailed his entire career. >> yes, this goes to show why you never trust a man with a calm looking comb-over. [laughter] >> is supposed to be the head of the cia, she clearly has crazy eyes come you don't trust a woman with crazy eyes. and from what i understand, people were saying that she was acting kind of nutty, with them in afghanistan. kennedy: some guys like crazy. >> it's all that tang. >> he is like the top spy of the head of the cia. >> you never know what they will do. >> you know, you have to know -- kennedy: i hear that you are dating her reign. [laughter] >> catcher on the way up. you have to know. kennedy: going on up. moving on. thank you guys for being here. always a pleasure. i will see you both shortly. you never know when we have to scramble the jets if you know what i'm saying. curt schilling is tracking down internet powers. he is hey, girl. is it crazy that your soccer trophy is talking to

deutch. it is an issue we continue to discuss with our partners. as you mentioned, inside of syria it is dangerous and so we don't require that. within the surrounding countries, we are asking them to step up their branding. it may not be on every bag because some of that goes into syria and some doesn't because it is difficult to differentiate and to put up more signs around and portray that and also just to -- in discussions with the officials who are working in those camps to make sure they understand where the assistance is coming from and we are able to do that even within inside of syria in a quiet way to let people know the local organizations where it comes from to get the word out. miss clements? >> i quick add. we've had a number of discussions with unhcr, patrick harter with the issues related to zautry, as soon as the u.s. flag goes up, it quickly comes down and so we are a requirement that the american flag be on things that we have provided, in jordan and iraq where it is quite

will create massive writeoffs, massive problems and you end up with drachmas but end up with liras, deutching else. because the rest of the european union will definitely blow up because everybody is doing different things and everybody has different debt and types of debt. so i don't think this ends well. david: this is happening just as mario draghi sy sag how wonderful things are in europe. >> that did what he says sub pickly. david: that's right. >> the finger he is giving europe, when you watch the video that is no doubt what he is doing. the people that would suffer the most of a default are greeks with their savings within euros. it could be a catastrophe in greece. david: everybody would lose their savings. sounds like something from a fruit e futuristic novel in the 1980's government-run marijuana shop, managed by a woman who calls it her dream job but it is happening right now. gary what do you think of this? >> david, i was in aspen a few weeks ago. 8:00 at night, all the stores were empty except one store where there was a line around the block. i thought bruce springsteen was

deutch. >> and one. i wanted to continue to ask questions about the shia in iran and the popular mobilization of forces. i want to actually start with the news about our strikes in tikrit. the coverage in the times today included a paragraph that said if the americans did not engage, they feared becoming marginalized by tehran in a country where they spelled much blood in the last decade the official said speaking on condition of anonymity. if you could speak to the strikes in tikrit the air support that the united states is providing, is it is that different than the support we provided in the past? and visiting offered -- is it being offered in part because there were concerns about being marginalized by the iranians? in answering that question that gets to the broader point, again same article, the preponderance of the 30,000 fighters and iraqi fighting members of the militias fighting alongside the iraqi soldiers and policemen, of those 30,000 how do we general allen am following your last response,

representative deutch: if i could just ask mr. szubin to put provide to us our breakdown of the $7 million that has been released. the money that has been released every few months $10 billion, $20 billion, $50 billion of the frozen money was released at one time, where it has gone in iran. where it would go under the permanent deal. would it go to benefit the revolutionary guard. chairman: we go to the representative from texas. is that it is mr. coleman: mr. secretary, section 123 of the atomic energy act requires all significant agreements must he be approved by both houses of congress. last year, congress approved two such agreements. one with south korea and one with great britain, our allies. in this case, what we are dealing with is the leading sponsor of terrorism. the position of this administration is that should not be subject to approval by the u.s. congress. i don't quite understand that distinction. can you explain that to me? mr. blinken: the issue is, what is the best form of the agreement in order for us to have t