mr. netanyahu's bomb. iran agreed to get rid of the 20% of enrichment they have by diluting it down or converting it into a form that can't be used for a bomb and they pledged not to make anymore. and the way we will verify that is by the inspectors going there everyday making sure they are not doing it. but that does is it lengthens the fuse. it makes it harder for iran to make a dash for a bomb. they still could do it. if iran decided today that they want to take that low-enriched uranium and put it back in a centrifuge and spin it up so more and make enough for one bomb, they can operate do that in a matter of three or four months. but now we know they are doing it. we see them doing it and we have time to take appropriate action. >> you can watch this and other programs online at the booktv.org. >> c-span greeted by a america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. .. first of all, i think that the commite itself, the energy and commerce

differences ix he was married i mean you could see every time i had the german position is very clear to mr netanyahu that he was listening to it again on the second instance critique also the midst of the european union. um but then of course it's not much fun it up on that to mean you wouldn't expect anything new from the government also there are factions of course from. as such was his sitting with him in his government. i think what is more most important is that it's behind closed doors of squares that seems to be a lot of press chose to come and get along with the kerry initiate a few notes but press on this very critical states. add to this baby's skin and to make some very difficult decisions. um that is support in the american initiative here in the middle east. this is the largest german deal the biggest delegation ever to go to israel. moses didn't receive my lord there is real this is really on their radar i think it is on their radar i mean it's not that they would come into the hotel in the nets of a creek and then it was a nutty content if i list but there was a lot of talk before it

id the degree of from mr netanyahu's enthusiasm for obama this challenge or mitt romney during two thousand twelve campaign. he was upset in the obama campaign itself with minnows was choosing sides. make your paths that period i was working at the white house for the first two half years of the administration not been posted here in israel ever since. and oh what i've seen is a very productive constructive working relationship between the president and prime minister and see all the members of the teams from power by them to execute all those operatives and common interest with a different view on the issue of settlements for example these are expressed its opinion about the of the first of agreement to join connection with iran on nuclear up nuclear issue well what i think as always to find this relationship is our ability to work extremely closely. of courtenay our efforts because again they are strategic interests are the same even when we have some minor tactical differences about how to achieve them. of circling the strategic interests and certainly the core values of two democracies

mr. netanyahu is playing for time. after the mid term elections in november, 2014, the president will become as is the case usually, sort of a lame duck, will not risk his presidency on the middle east. there is fatigue in the american public dealing with the middle east. his legacy will be determined, shaped by obamacare, rather than the palestinian-israeli conflict. >> the european union continues to oppose construction of settlements in israeli. thursday, german chancellor says: is there any way you see the prime minister halting settlement construction? >> no, he's a right wing prime minister and this expectation because he's prime minister and because the europeans or americans or indeed majority of the public with him not stop him. he's heading a right wing coalition. their constituency is pro settlement. the idea that this is going to infringe on or make the two state solution unviable doesn't concern him. i don't think this government and i say this with respect rather than criticism, is not interested in a two

and then the is netanyahu or the israelis? i don't think so, mr. speaker. i think we need to be in full-throated support with every kind of commitment necessary to bring about the kind of solutions that promote god-given liberty and things that we know here as american ideals. we need to elect the next president a very astute foreign policy president, who is -- who believes in free enterprise who believes until pillars of american exceptionalism and believes in exporting them to the rest of the world because we're far better off with an american policy than a promotion of our beliefs and our ideals in other places in the world where they want to embrace our way of living, than we are pulling back and allowing that vacuum to be filled by the power-hungry despots of people like a castro, a chavez a maduro a putin. that's the mission for america. it's one of the missions for america. when the presidential candidates come to iowa, mr. speaker, i want to ask them, speak on foreign policy. become a student on foreign policy. go, travel, draw your own conclusions

mr kerry says the status quo being maintained by israel is not sustainable he also warned that many countries could seek to boycott telaprevir if peace negotiations fail in response to this prime minister benjamin netanyahu replied that any efforts to boycott israel would be unjustified and then the strategic affairs minister weighed in saying israel cannot be expected to negotiate with a gun to its head and finally the economy minister called on israel's allies to stand up against those trying to push the anti semitic agendas against his country and some two thousand israelis gathered outside the western wall in jerusalem last week for a prayer rally against u.s. efforts to broker a deal israel resume peace talks with the palestinians last july deadline for a framework agreement has been set for april with israeli settlements in the west bank and be sure to slim remaining became a sticking point. we spoke to a mere oron senior correspondent and columnist at the how it's newspaper he says pressure from the u.s. could mean a blow for the israelis. american pressure could have many forms. there will probably not be any direct overt physical sort of pressure but even holding off on supporting israel indeed

you see, the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu stood in this chamber right behind me, and stood, mr. speaker, and he told a joint session of congress very clearly that israel isn't what's wrong with the middle east, israel is what's right for the middle east. i know from experience the very first time i was privileged to travel to the jewish state of israel was the day after i graduated from high school. it was in 1974. i spent my summer in israel, very different place back then. it was a third world country. the modern state of israel was established in 1948 under extremely severe adverse conditions, and they continued to fight for the maintenance of their sovereignty. why? because they were continually attacked by their arab neighbors . it remains so to do this day. there is only one jewish state in the world. there are multiple arab nations, multiple muslim nations across the world, as it should be. we recognize the right to exist of muslim nations. we recognize iran's right to exist. why is it that only the jewish state of israel has to struggle for the world to recognize its rig

mr. netanyahu's bomb. iran agreed to get rid of that 20% enrichment they have by diluting it down or converting it into material that can be used for obama and they pledged not to make any more. and the way we'll verify that by inspectors going everyday and making sure they're not doing it. what that does is it lengthens diffuse -- the fuse. it makes it hard for iran to make a dash for a bomb. they still could do it. if iran decided to date that they wanted to take that low-enriched uranium to put it back in centrifuges, spin it up more and make enough for one bomb, they could probably do that any matter of three or four months. but now we know they were doing it. we see they were doing it and they have time to take appropriate action. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> up next on booktv, margaret macmillan, international history professor at oxford university, examined the lead up to world war i. this is just over one hour. >> well, welcome everybody, today's council on fore