. >> joining uswa now from the bipartisan policy center, he serves as our national security program director and we are here to talk about the future of iran nuclear agreement. >> could you remind us what the u.s. role has been in this agreement and what our current stance is on it. >> the u.s. is one of the leading countries trying to get this agreement in the first place. as part of the agreement that was reached under president obama, the u.s. has a responsibility to keep off sanctions that have previously been put on iran because of the nuclear program. the deal specifies nuclear related and non- nuclear related sanctions under the deal that the u.s. is obliged to keep nuclear sanctions off iran. >> what was the hope of the obama administrationy, w in putting this deal together? >> a couple different things, depending on who you ask and also at what point you listen to president obama's speeches on this. first and foremost the goal was to prevent a nuclear iran or to delay that's what was to restrict their nuclear program. if you listen to president obama discussing it, there was more of

. >> joining uswa now from the bipartisan policy center, he serves as our national security program director and we are here to talk about the future of iran nuclear agreement. >> could you remind us what the u.s. role has been in this agreement and what our current stance is on it. >> the u.s. is one of the leading countries trying to get this agreement in the first place. as part of the agreement that was reached under president obama, the u.s. has a responsibility