mr. indyk: it runs to $10 billion. >> according to reports. mr. indyk: not to hundred billion dollars, but the $10 billion to $20 billion range. sen. gardner: would they stop once the economy turns around from funding that line item? mr. indyk: it's a -- mr. jeffrey: it's almost inconceivable that a country would ratchet back. typically they double down and try harder. that doesn't mean they will use all of that money or even most of the money because they do have pressing nondomestic needs. they have a lot of popular pressure to spend more on a consumer economy. some of that will flow to the domestic side. clearly some of it will flow almost by all evidence we've seen with iran and other countries to nefarious activities through the region. sen. murphy: --sen. perdue: these are going to make israel more safe? mr. jeffrey: they are going to make anyone more safe. sen. gardner: you said the should be judged in the context in which it operates. a far more offer -- active u.s. program to contain i

mr. indyke has a hard stop at 11:00. and i may inject some questions and refer to ranking members so others have the opportunity to ask questions. >> thank you. and thank you to our witnesses. as i said in our opening statement. if we reach an agreement with iran and if we are successful in having an agreement that prevents them from moving forward with a nuclear weapon program, there is still many issues in a relationship with iran. so i just want to sort of crystal ball where we are after an agreement. iran could very well continue current policy of supporting terrorism and interference in so many other countries that are making it very challenging for our -- our partners in the region region. how do we influence the iranian calculations. we've seen in the past that the passage of sanctions in regard to the nuclear proliferation was bricking them to the -- bringing them to the table for an agreement and what type of strategic alliances should the u.s. be contemplating to effect the calculation iran is using in its enga

mr. indyke was right. i let the record so that they do change the core of the plutonument while the heavy water plant. that is the one concrete thing that go away in this entire agreement, as it's laid out. >> for the period of time that the -- >> for the period of time exactly. for 15 years. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman thank you. ambassador jeffrey for sticking with us. one quick follow up. we were never going to get a permanent agreement here. it doesn't matter when you're talking about what's ten years one 15 years or 20 years because we were always going to be talking about a certain period of time. it is important to note that one of the 15 year restrictions is on the stored enriched content. that is a 15 year restriction. so you would agree that even though they will begin to spin more centrifuges after the ten year period, the fact that should they abide by their continued restriction on how much capacity they have, is a significant limitation on the breakout capacity? >> abso

mr. indyke was there along with 50 other people who are very much engaged in middle east policy.the theme of the evening was a discussion about the middle east and there were many people who expressed grave concerns about what's happening for good reason. just about every country in the middle east is at war and there's a lack lack of stability in the region that affects u.s. interests. .. >> >> but we have concentrated at this particular month is whether we can have a diplomatic solution to prevent iran from becoming a nuclear weapon state. i just want to underscore your leadership with the nuclear review act signed by the president enacted into law. as achieving that accomplishment is a critical role. but to underscore to show unity here in our government that we are focused on a iran and not the flights of congress and for us to review a potential agreement reached from the david cohen plus one in that is what we should have done and i applaud your leadership and the work of the foreign relations committees so what do we do this month? as the chairman pointed out we have a who

i explained to you last night after i left the committee briefing, i went to the french embassy, mr. indykwas there along with about 50 other people who are very much engaged in the middle these policies. the theme for the evening was a discussion about the middle east. and there were many people who expressed grave concerns about what's happening in the middle east for good reason. just about every country in the middle east is at war and there's a lack of stability in that region that affects u.s. interest. there's no question about it. what i found last night was they were very short on recommendations. on how we should proceed. let me just point out the united states is deeply involved in the middle east. there's no question about that. we're deeply involved with our military, deeply involved with our diplomacy, and we're deeply involved in building coalitions to advance goals in and of these which i think are universal. and that is respect for human rights at all ethnic communities, territorial integrity. these are important goals that we're trying to achieve in the middle east. they