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i'm looking at a question with john kerry, with you, wendy sherman is in that picture. they were intense negotiations at times, but they happened. what is the value of the relationships that were developed, back then, and how could that help in times of remarkable tensions like we are in right now? >> first of all, to give a flavor of the intensity of the negotiations, secretary carrie, john kerry and i literally spent the last 17 days in a row, together in vienna, to bring this to a conclusion. now the relationships were very critical. and as you said, we will never know, of course we can do the experiment all over again. but certainly, after president trump terminated the deal, certainly iranian domestic politics took a veer further to the right. and interlocutors like salehi, are certainly , have not been in the government now for a while. so i think a lot of the very open channels that we had, we had a tough negotiations. this was not simple but nevertheless, it was professional. we could get the job done. and they might say, factors that may not seem important, but
i'm looking at a question with john kerry, with you, wendy sherman is in that picture. they were intense negotiations at times, but they happened. what is the value of the relationships that were developed, back then, and how could that help in times of remarkable tensions like we are in right now? >> first of all, to give a flavor of the intensity of the negotiations, secretary carrie, john kerry and i literally spent the last 17 days in a row, together in vienna, to bring this to a...
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kerry. he was told his office should bring charges against members of the obama's council. after berman refused to bring those charges trump's attorney general bill barr tried to bush berman into resigning. he even put out a late night pressa release in june 2020 claiming jeff berman had resigned. jeff berman had not resigned, and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had just seen what had happened in another important u.s. attorney's office after a total takeover there by trump's justice department. it was b in the d.c. u.s. attorney's office that these schemes went even further. barr in the d.c. u.s. attorney's office had succeeded in ousting the u.s. attorney there and instead installing his own people. that u.s. hattorney's office i d.c. then immediately moved today drop the charges and undue the guilty plea from trump national security advisor mike flynn. they moved to undue the recommended since for roger stone, who had been convict on multiple felonies. thi
kerry. he was told his office should bring charges against members of the obama's council. after berman refused to bring those charges trump's attorney general bill barr tried to bush berman into resigning. he even put out a late night pressa release in june 2020 claiming jeff berman had resigned. jeff berman had not resigned, and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had just seen what had happened in another important u.s. attorney's office after a total takeover...
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he moved around the corner to take john kerry's office. i'm there at 7:30. i hear this pounding at my door. i go and open and it there's my armed service committee john mccain. he said listen, this is november 2016. you and i are the only people here who know this feeling, been on a national ticket and lost. i'm going to tell you, the thing you got to do is go right back to work. i said you found me here at 7:30 on a monday. i'm going to keep checking up on you. now give me hillary's number because he wanted to call her. mccain kind of over the course over the next year or so, he would say something to me or kind of argue with me a little bit. it was all about hey, are you sticking to the work? of course sometimes that's the best therapy there is. just go right back to work. the work got important after donald trump become president. >> that's what struck me. his argument to the u.s. senate had never been more important in that moment. >> yeah. absolutely. he very much said that. i felt that. when we saved the affordable care act by one vote and 30 million p
he moved around the corner to take john kerry's office. i'm there at 7:30. i hear this pounding at my door. i go and open and it there's my armed service committee john mccain. he said listen, this is november 2016. you and i are the only people here who know this feeling, been on a national ticket and lost. i'm going to tell you, the thing you got to do is go right back to work. i said you found me here at 7:30 on a monday. i'm going to keep checking up on you. now give me hillary's number...
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kerry, spent more time talking to the iranian foreign minister than any other foreign minister in the world. and that was quite needed, th because the u.s. and iran have a lot to talk about, and in order to de-escalate conflict and avoid confrontation. trump walked out of that deal, biden failed to get into it, he hesitated at first and misplayed some of his cards, and now we actually don't have any deal at all, that is still kind of in place in some parts, but much of the diplomatic connectivity has been lost, and that connectivity is crucial importance in moments like this. >> trita parsi, one of the outcomes of pulling out of the nuclear deal in 2018, whether you like the nuclear deal or ar not, is that there were moderates who were empowered by it in iran, there were people in a rod who wanted this nonsense with the rest of the world to stop. those moderates got shamed by the fact that they supported a deal that america pulled out of in the end. and they are now not nearly as powerful as they used to be. what is the situation in iran, , with moderates, who do not want to see a wor
kerry, spent more time talking to the iranian foreign minister than any other foreign minister in the world. and that was quite needed, th because the u.s. and iran have a lot to talk about, and in order to de-escalate conflict and avoid confrontation. trump walked out of that deal, biden failed to get into it, he hesitated at first and misplayed some of his cards, and now we actually don't have any deal at all, that is still kind of in place in some parts, but much of the diplomatic...
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kerry. burman was told before the 2018 mid-term elections that his office should bring charges against a democratic lawyer that had presidentmo obama's white houseam council. his office looked into it and decided they had not only does something to warrant being prosecuted. hera actuallyng hadn't done anyg at all. he was innocent of what he was being accused of here. afterof burman refused to bring those charges, he put out a late night press release in june 2020 claiming that jeff burman had besigned. he had not resigned. and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had just seen what had happened in anothert important u.s. attorney's office after a total oftakeover there by trump justice department. it was in thetr d.c. u.s. attorney's office that the schemes went even further. barr in the d.c. u.s. attorney's office had succeeded in ousting theed u.s. attorney there and instead installing his own people. that office then immediately move to drop the charges and und
kerry. burman was told before the 2018 mid-term elections that his office should bring charges against a democratic lawyer that had presidentmo obama's white houseam council. his office looked into it and decided they had not only does something to warrant being prosecuted. hera actuallyng hadn't done anyg at all. he was innocent of what he was being accused of here. afterof burman refused to bring those charges, he put out a late night press release in june 2020 claiming that jeff burman had...
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kerry. berman says he was told right before the 2018 midterm elections, that his office should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who had been president obama's white house counsel. berman's office looked into it, decided, not only had obama's white house counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadn't done anything at all. he was innocent of what he was being accused of, here. after berman refused to bring those charges, trumps attorney general, bill barr, tried to push berman into resigning. he even put out a late-night press release, in june of 2020, claiming that jeff berman had resigned. jeff berman had not resigned. and he said so. he refused to go. he did that, in part, because he had just seen what had happened and another important u.s. attorney's office, after a total takeover, there, by trumps justice department. it was in the dc u.s. attorney's office, that the schemes went even further. bar, in the dc u.s. attorney's office had succeeded in ousti
kerry. berman says he was told right before the 2018 midterm elections, that his office should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who had been president obama's white house counsel. berman's office looked into it, decided, not only had obama's white house counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadn't done anything at all. he was innocent of what he was being accused of, here. after berman refused to bring those charges, trumps attorney general, bill barr,...
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kerry to pick up the phone to secretary of state and call the iranian prime minister point we had people down below that, able to be in direct contact on a bilateral basis with iran pick my sense with the biden administration it as kind of reverted back to the way it was in the early stages of those negotiations where a lot of contact comes through third parties. the u.s. has, through the swiss, and kind of interest capacity in tehran to pass messages through the swiss government. but beyond that, there are other governments in the region that have often been a conduit for sensitive diplomatic channels between the u.s. and iran oman has traditionally s played a role in facilitated messages between the u.s. and iran i think there's other regional partners, whether it is turkey or even the gulf arab states, that can be a source of messages point i think also, in this situation, lawrence, where, let's face it, we step back, there are global ramifications here point a full all-out war between israel and u iran could have enormous ramifications for the global economy, for energy markets. chin
kerry to pick up the phone to secretary of state and call the iranian prime minister point we had people down below that, able to be in direct contact on a bilateral basis with iran pick my sense with the biden administration it as kind of reverted back to the way it was in the early stages of those negotiations where a lot of contact comes through third parties. the u.s. has, through the swiss, and kind of interest capacity in tehran to pass messages through the swiss government. but beyond...
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and the stakes were high in 2004 when george bush and john kerry debated the war. in this case, it is a grand jury that indicted donald trump. if biden goes on the stage with him, biden is agreeing, look, the plot to overthrow the constitution is one important issue, but there are others because we're going to talk about overthrowing the constitution. we're going to talk about grocery prices. we're going to talk about abortion. it's just one issue out of many. you're giving people permission to say, i'm not with trump on the overthrowing the constitution by violence part, but i am worried about these food prices. the election will be decided on food prices and abortion. i understand most people don't vote on these issues. i'm going to be voting on ukraine and democracy. but when they teach this a hundred years from now in high school, they won't be talking about abortion and grocery prices. they'll be talking about did the united states stand by the structure of world peace that is symbolized by nato? did the united states maintain it is illegal and improper to ove
and the stakes were high in 2004 when george bush and john kerry debated the war. in this case, it is a grand jury that indicted donald trump. if biden goes on the stage with him, biden is agreeing, look, the plot to overthrow the constitution is one important issue, but there are others because we're going to talk about overthrowing the constitution. we're going to talk about grocery prices. we're going to talk about abortion. it's just one issue out of many. you're giving people permission to...