MS WILLS SAYS HE PLAYED IN SOME 175 MOVIES. THE FIRST ONE CALLED "BLOOM TIME", WITH CLARK GABLE, SPENCER TRACY, WILLS TELLS OF OTHERS WITH GARY COOPER, JUDY GARLAND, WALLACE BEERY.SUSAN HAYWARD, THEN THE BIG ONE ABOUT TEXAS, "THE ALAMO". "I GOT AN ACADEMY NOD FOR THAT ONE WITH BIG JOHN WAYNE"

FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARRESTED TODAY A CULT LEADER WANTED IN ARKANSAS FOR THREATENING A JUDGE AND OTHER CHARGES.56-OLD TONY FERNANDO ALAMO WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT HIS TAMPA RESIDENCE. ALAMO WAS ARRESTED BY DEPUTIES FROM THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE AND TAMPA POLICE.ALAMO IS BEING HELD IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JAIL IN TAMPA.AUTHORITIES SAID ALAMO HEADED THE SCATTERED CHARISMATIC RELIGIOUS SECT KNOWN AS THE TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION.ALAMO WAS WANTED BY THE FBI AND THE MARSHALS SERVICE ON CHARGES OF THREATENING A FEDERAL JUDGE, UNLAWFUL INTERSTATE FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION FOR CHILD ABUSE AND CIVIL CONTEMPT OF COURT. THE CHARGES WERE FILED IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.THE SEARCH FOR ALAMO WAS FEATURED ON SEVERAL NETWORK TELEVISION SHOWS... INCLUDING ``60 MINUTES.''

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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

08/10/71 C0020064 - COLOR SAUGUS, CALIFORNIA: HOLLYWOOD -- A MISSION FIELD FOR THE NEW JESUS MOVEMENT. NXC NO NO "JESUS FARM" SHOWS: LS CROSS SET ON HILL WITH JESUS SPELLED IN STONES: CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION BUS ARRIVES: PEOPLE GET OFF BUS: PEOPLE ENTER CHURCH PAN TO BILLBOARD OF CHR FIRST CU SIGN ON DOOR "CHURCH IN SESSION": INTERIOR SUSAN ALAMO AT PULPIT READING BIBLE TEXT SOF: PEOPLE SINGING A SNAPPY HYMN SOF: EXT PEOPLE LINE UP TO GET FOOD AND EATING: SUSAN ALAMO SOF DESCRIBES FOUNDING OF CHURCH: GIRL WHO WOULD NOT GIVE NAME RELATES HOW SHE CAME TO CHURCH: BOY NAMED "SYL" DESCRIBES HOW HE CAME TO THE CHURCH: (SHOT 08/08/71 164FT) ALAMO, SUSAN - SOF SYL (PSEUD) - SOF JESUS MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA - SAUGUS MUSIC - RELIGIOUS RELIGION - US BEATNIKS NARCOTICS (RELATED) LUCE / 164 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / D32414 OPT S TRACK 900 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / CUTS /

THE TRIAL OF CULT LEADER TONY ALAMO BEGAN TODAY IN ARKANSAS. THE 56-YEAR-OLD EVANGELIST WAS ARRESTED IN TAMPA ON A WARRANT FROM ARKANSAS WHERE A FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES HIM WITH THREATENING TO KIDNAP AND HANG A JUDGE. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY ALAMO MADE TELEPHONE CALLS IN WHICH HE THREATENED TO KIDNAP U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE MORRIS ARNOLD OF FT. SMITH SO THE FEDERAL JUDGE COULD GO ON "TRIAL" BEFORE ALAMO. THE EVANGELIST WAS ANGERED AT LOSING $50 MILLION WORTH OF PROPERTY AS THE RESULT OF A DECISION BY ARNOLD. ALAMO COULD BE SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND FINED $5,000 IF CONVICTED. ALAMO A VOCAL ANTI-CATHOLIC AND HIS NOW-DECEASED WIFE SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDED A RELIGIOUS MINISTRY 25 YEARS AGO THAT GREW INTO A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONGLOMERATE OF CHURCH RESTAURANTS CLOTHING STORES AND DOZENS OF OTHER BUSINESS VENTURES IN ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA AND TENNESSEE.

TAPE: EF03/0817 IN_TIME: 01:09:37 DURATION: 0:20 SOURCES: ABC RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: File SHOTLIST 1. STILL: Dr. Edward Teller STORYLINE: Scientist Dr. Edward Teller, dubbed the "father of the H-bomb" for his enthusiastic pursuit of the powerful weapon, died on Tuesday aged 95. Teller had recently suffered a stroke and died at his home on the Stanford University campus, not far from the Hoover Institution where he served as a senior research fellow, according to Susan Houghton, a spokeswoman for the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, which Teller helped found. Teller exerted a profound influence on America's defence and energy policies, championing the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear power and the Strategic Defence Initiative. Among honours he received were the Albert Einstein Award, the Enrico Fermi Award and the National Medal of Science and, in July, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Edward Teller was born January 15, 1908, in Budapest and arrived in the US in 1935, becoming a US citizen in 1941. He joined the Manhattan Project in 1942 at the Los Alamos (New Mexico) Scientific Laboratory to work on developing the first atomic bomb. He also promoted the hydrogen fusion bomb, a concept that attracted interest but remained secondary to the work on the atomic weapon.

12:00:22:26 Various Senators debate on the Blunt amendment which would allow companies to deny insurance they provide from covering certain health problems if they have a moral objection to it. Speake ...

California Democratic Delegation on Off Shore Oil Drilling RS 9 May 16,2001 12:47:17 Lois Capps: voice are very strong support for the moratorium.. we are introducing legislation for a moratorium.. it is an appropriate a necessary thing... 12:48:27 I want to thank all the cosponsors of this bill.. Scarborough... 12:48:59 we believe that there are serious threats to the moratorium.. 12:49:15 they want to drill in sensitive areas like ANWR... 12:49:56 off Humboldt country and San Luis Obispo... we still remember a disastorous spill 12:50:40 I promise made should be a promise kept... 12:50:57 Mike Thompson: This idea is both short sided and irresponsible... 12:51:31 are coast is very important to us.. we generate billions of dollars.. it is a big sports fishermen area.. 12:52:04 anything to disrupt this economy is foolish.. 12:52:40 George Miller: this president has a way of saying one thing and doing another.. 12:53:12 once again we see him saying one thing and doing another.. he said he would respect California and Florida.. those of us in California have a panic attack.. clearly he is acting on an agenda that was made by the Oil and gas companies ... we are not going to wait for Bush to double back on us... 12:54:39 there is much more that he can do for California.. like stop this price gauging... 12:55:12 Sam Farr: 12:55:19 I want the president to know that the coast is our Alamo... 12:55:55 is own vice president said that they would not... so stick to your word and lay your hands off the coast... 12:56:52 Karen Thurmond... 12:57:10 on many issues California and Florida stand together... 12:58:11 I would say to you.. and the answer has been NO 12:58:29 we are with you... 12:58:48 Sen Barbara Boxer... 12:59:27 we are very concerned that when you read this legislation... 12:59:58 we will fight this every way... 13:00:10 and keep the moratorium in place.. 13:01:09 keep you hands off the moratorium... 13:01:44 today I am introducing my bill saying that if there is a moratorium... 13:03:16 Maxine waters 13:03:24 I want to thank Lois Capps.. 13:03:44 it is often though that it is not an issue that is not trues.. 13:05:07 after they have given their recommendation to the president... 13:06:43 congresswoman Ana Eshoo 13:06:51 I to represent an area that has some of the most unspoiled areas.. 13:07:54 you are a sure one-termer if you keep attacking the environment... 13:08:27 I wouldn't be surprised if there was drilling in front of the White House.. 13:10:00 Lynn Woolsey 13:10:32 I ask the president-oil men that they are don't invest in Neanderthal tactics.. 13:11:20 Susan Davis 13:11:58 now it looks like the Cheney Drill team will break that promise.. 13:12:32 we have to shout loudly over the drilling to come... 13:12:51 Mike Honda: Everything has been said 13:13:15 the president has been consistent in breaking his promises... 13:13:58 Q&A 13:15:31 Sam Farr 13:18:04 in no way will this happen with any support from California

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THE TRIAL OF CULT LEADER TONY ALAMO IN FT. SMITH IS OVER. A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY CAME BACK TODAY FOR ALAMO AT ABOUT 5:20 CENTRAL TIME JUST THREE HOURS AFTER CLOSING ARGUMENTS WERE HEARD.

The controversy over the dead body of Susan Alamo may be over. After six years.

California Democratic Delegation on Off Shore Oil Drilling RS 9 May 16,2001 12:47:17 Lois Capps: voice are very strong support for the moratorium.. we are introducing legislation for a moratorium.. it is an appropriate a necessary thing... 12:48:27 I want to thank all the cosponsors of this bill.. Scarborough... 12:48:59 we believe that there are serious threats to the moratorium.. 12:49:15 they want to drill in sensitive areas like ANWR... 12:49:56 off Humboldt country and San Luis Obispo... we still remember a disastorous spill 12:50:40 I promise made should be a promise kept... 12:50:57 Mike Thompson: This idea is both short sided and irresponsible... 12:51:31 are coast is very important to us.. we generate billions of dollars.. it is a big sports fishermen area.. 12:52:04 anything to disrupt this economy is foolish.. 12:52:40 George Miller: this president has a way of saying one thing and doing another.. 12:53:12 once again we see him saying one thing and doing another.. he said he would respect California and Florida.. those of us in California have a panic attack.. clearly he is acting on an agenda that was made by the Oil and gas companies ... we are not going to wait for Bush to double back on us... 12:54:39 there is much more that he can do for California.. like stop this price gauging... 12:55:12 Sam Farr: 12:55:19 I want the president to know that the coast is our Alamo... 12:55:55 is own vice president said that they would not... so stick to your word and lay your hands off the coast... 12:56:52 Karen Thurmond... 12:57:10 on many issues California and Florida stand together... 12:58:11 I would say to you.. and the answer has been NO 12:58:29 we are with you... 12:58:48 Sen Barbara Boxer... 12:59:27 we are very concerned that when you read this legislation... 12:59:58 we will fight this every way... 13:00:10 and keep the moratorium in place.. 13:01:09 keep you hands off the moratorium... 13:01:44 today I am introducing my bill saying that if there is a moratorium... 13:03:16 Maxine waters 13:03:24 I want to thank Lois Capps.. 13:03:44 it is often though that it is not an issue that is not trues.. 13:05:07 after they have given their recommendation to the president... 13:06:43 congresswoman Ana Eshoo 13:06:51 I to represent an area that has some of the most unspoiled areas.. 13:07:54 you are a sure one-termer if you keep attacking the environment... 13:08:27 I wouldn't be surprised if there was drilling in front of the White House.. 13:10:00 Lynn Woolsey 13:10:32 I ask the president-oil men that they are don't invest in Neanderthal tactics.. 13:11:20 Susan Davis 13:11:58 now it looks like the Cheney Drill team will break that promise.. 13:12:32 we have to shout loudly over the drilling to come... 13:12:51 Mike Honda: Everything has been said 13:13:15 the president has been consistent in breaking his promises... 13:13:58 Q&A 13:15:31 Sam Farr 13:18:04 in no way will this happen with any support from California

California Democratic Delegation on Off Shore Oil Drilling RS 9 May 16,2001 12:47:17 Lois Capps: voice are very strong support for the moratorium.. we are introducing legislation for a moratorium.. it is an appropriate a necessary thing... 12:48:27 I want to thank all the cosponsors of this bill.. Scarborough... 12:48:59 we believe that there are serious threats to the moratorium.. 12:49:15 they want to drill in sensitive areas like ANWR... 12:49:56 off Humboldt country and San Luis Obispo... we still remember a disastorous spill 12:50:40 I promise made should be a promise kept... 12:50:57 Mike Thompson: This idea is both short sided and irresponsible... 12:51:31 are coast is very important to us.. we generate billions of dollars.. it is a big sports fishermen area.. 12:52:04 anything to disrupt this economy is foolish.. 12:52:40 George Miller: this president has a way of saying one thing and doing another.. 12:53:12 once again we see him saying one thing and doing another.. he said he would respect California and Florida.. those of us in California have a panic attack.. clearly he is acting on an agenda that was made by the Oil and gas companies ... we are not going to wait for Bush to double back on us... 12:54:39 there is much more that he can do for California.. like stop this price gauging... 12:55:12 Sam Farr: 12:55:19 I want the president to know that the coast is our Alamo... 12:55:55 is own vice president said that they would not... so stick to your word and lay your hands off the coast... 12:56:52 Karen Thurmond... 12:57:10 on many issues California and Florida stand together... 12:58:11 I would say to you.. and the answer has been NO 12:58:29 we are with you... 12:58:48 Sen Barbara Boxer... 12:59:27 we are very concerned that when you read this legislation... 12:59:58 we will fight this every way... 13:00:10 and keep the moratorium in place.. 13:01:09 keep you hands off the moratorium... 13:01:44 today I am introducing my bill saying that if there is a moratorium... 13:03:16 Maxine waters 13:03:24 I want to thank Lois Capps.. 13:03:44 it is often though that it is not an issue that is not trues.. 13:05:07 after they have given their recommendation to the president... 13:06:43 congresswoman Ana Eshoo 13:06:51 I to represent an area that has some of the most unspoiled areas.. 13:07:54 you are a sure one-termer if you keep attacking the environment... 13:08:27 I wouldn't be surprised if there was drilling in front of the White House.. 13:10:00 Lynn Woolsey 13:10:32 I ask the president-oil men that they are don't invest in Neanderthal tactics.. 13:11:20 Susan Davis 13:11:58 now it looks like the Cheney Drill team will break that promise.. 13:12:32 we have to shout loudly over the drilling to come... 13:12:51 Mike Honda: Everything has been said 13:13:15 the president has been consistent in breaking his promises... 13:13:58 Q&A 13:15:31 Sam Farr 13:18:04 in no way will this happen with any support from California

TONY FERNANDO ALAMO IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT IN TAMPA TODAY AFTER BEING ARRESTED EARLIER IN THE MONTH FOR THREATENING A JUDGE IN ARKANSAS AND OTHER CHARGES. 56-OLD ALAMO WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT HIS TAMPA RESIDENCE LAST FRIDAY BY DEPUTIES FROM THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE AND TAMPA POLICE. ALAMO HAS BEEN HELD IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JAIL IN TAMPA AND IS EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED TO ARKANSAS AFTER TODAY'S COURT APPEARANCE. AUTHORITIES SAID ALAMO HEADED THE SCATTERED CHARISMATIC RELIGIOUS SECT KNOWN AS THE TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION. ALAMO WAS WANTED BY THE FBI AND THE MARSHALS SERVICE ON CHARGES OF THREATENING A FEDERAL JUDGE UNLAWFUL INTERSTATE FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION FOR CHILD ABUSE AND CIVIL CONTEMPT OF COURT. THE CHARGES WERE FILED IN FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THE SEARCH FOR ALAMO WAS FEATURED ON SEVERAL NETWORK TELEVISION SHOWS...INCLUDING ``60 MINUTES.''

California Democratic Delegation on Off Shore Oil Drilling RS 9 May 16,2001 12:47:17 Lois Capps: voice are very strong support for the moratorium.. we are introducing legislation for a moratorium.. it is an appropriate a necessary thing... 12:48:27 I want to thank all the cosponsors of this bill.. Scarborough... 12:48:59 we believe that there are serious threats to the moratorium.. 12:49:15 they want to drill in sensitive areas like ANWR... 12:49:56 off Humboldt country and San Luis Obispo... we still remember a disastorous spill 12:50:40 I promise made should be a promise kept... 12:50:57 Mike Thompson: This idea is both short sided and irresponsible... 12:51:31 are coast is very important to us.. we generate billions of dollars.. it is a big sports fishermen area.. 12:52:04 anything to disrupt this economy is foolish.. 12:52:40 George Miller: this president has a way of saying one thing and doing another.. 12:53:12 once again we see him saying one thing and doing another.. he said he would respect California and Florida.. those of us in California have a panic attack.. clearly he is acting on an agenda that was made by the Oil and gas companies ... we are not going to wait for Bush to double back on us... 12:54:39 there is much more that he can do for California.. like stop this price gauging... 12:55:12 Sam Farr: 12:55:19 I want the president to know that the coast is our Alamo... 12:55:55 is own vice president said that they would not... so stick to your word and lay your hands off the coast... 12:56:52 Karen Thurmond... 12:57:10 on many issues California and Florida stand together... 12:58:11 I would say to you.. and the answer has been NO 12:58:29 we are with you... 12:58:48 Sen Barbara Boxer... 12:59:27 we are very concerned that when you read this legislation... 12:59:58 we will fight this every way... 13:00:10 and keep the moratorium in place.. 13:01:09 keep you hands off the moratorium... 13:01:44 today I am introducing my bill saying that if there is a moratorium... 13:03:16 Maxine waters 13:03:24 I want to thank Lois Capps.. 13:03:44 it is often though that it is not an issue that is not trues.. 13:05:07 after they have given their recommendation to the president... 13:06:43 congresswoman Ana Eshoo 13:06:51 I to represent an area that has some of the most unspoiled areas.. 13:07:54 you are a sure one-termer if you keep attacking the environment... 13:08:27 I wouldn't be surprised if there was drilling in front of the White House.. 13:10:00 Lynn Woolsey 13:10:32 I ask the president-oil men that they are don't invest in Neanderthal tactics.. 13:11:20 Susan Davis 13:11:58 now it looks like the Cheney Drill team will break that promise.. 13:12:32 we have to shout loudly over the drilling to come... 13:12:51 Mike Honda: Everything has been said 13:13:15 the president has been consistent in breaking his promises... 13:13:58 Q&A 13:15:31 Sam Farr 13:18:04 in no way will this happen with any support from California

THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE LOS ALAMOS FIRES IS NOT HALTING THE U-S CENSUS. TOM HENDRICK REPORTS ON THE U-S CENSUS' BUREAUS EFFORTS TO KEEP COUNTING EVEN IN DISASTER AREAS.

President Obama delivers remarks at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA TVL POOL: NREC tour & remarks CUTS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Hello, hello, hello. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you. 10:59:04 Hello, Pittsburgh. (Cheers.) It is good to be back. Thank you, Senator Casey and Mayor Ravenstahl and County Executive Dan Onorato, State Auditor Jack Wagner and all of you for having me back here at Carnegie Mellon. It is good to be here. And it seems like every time I'm here, I learn something. So for those of you who are thinking about Carnegie Mellon, it's a -- it's a terrific place. And you guys are doing just great work. 10:59:24 I just met with folks from some cutting-edge companies and saw some of their inventions here in your National Robotics Engineering Center. But that's not the only reason I'm here. You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander in chief is to keep an eye on robots. (Laughter.) And I'm pleased to report -- (chuckles) -- that the robots you manufacture here seem peaceful -- (laughter) -- at least for now. 10:59:59 This is a city that knows something about manufacturing. For generations of Americans, it was the ticket to a middle-class life Here and across America's industrial heartland, millions clocked in each day at foundries and on assembly lines to make things. And the stuff we made -- steel, cars, planes -- was the stuff that made America what it is. The jobs were good; they paid enough to own a home, to raise kids, send them to college, to retire. They were jobs that told us something more important than just how much money we made, what was in our paycheck. These jobs also told us that we were meeting our responsibilities to our family and to our neighborhoods, and building our communities, and building our country. But for better and worse, our generation has been pounded by wave after wave of profound economic change. Revolutions in technology have transformed the way we live and the way we work. Businesses and industries can re-locate anywhere in the world, anywhere that there are skilled workers, anywhere that there is an Internet connection. And companies have learned to become more efficient with fewer employees. In Pittsburgh, you know this as well as anybody. Steel mills that once needed a thousand workers now do the same work with a hundred. And while these changes have resulted in great wealth for some Americans and have drastically increased productivity, they've also caused major disruptions for many others. Today, a high school diploma no longer guarantees you a job. Over the past 13 years, about a third of our manufacturing jobs have vanished. And meanwhile, the typical worker's wages have barely kept up with the rising cost of everything else. And all this was even before a financial crisis and recession that pounded the middle class even more. Now, we've made some tough decisions that have turned our economy in a positive direction over the past two years. We've created more than 2 million new jobs in the private sector over the past 15 months alone, including almost 250,000 in manufacturing. But we still have to confront those underlying problems. They weren't caused overnight and we won't solve them overnight. But we will solve them. And we're starting to solve them right here in Pittsburgh and right here at Carnegie Mellon. (Applause.) 11:03:09 And, by the way, that's why I ran for president -- not just to get us back to where we were -- I ran for president to get us to where we need to be. I have a larger vision for America, one where working families feel secure, feel like they are moving forward and that they know that their dreams are within reach; an America where our businesses lead the world in new technologies like clean energy; where we work together, Democrats and Republicans, to live within our means, to cut our deficit and debt but also to invest in what our economy needs to grow: world-class education, cutting-edge research and building the best transportation and communications infrastructure anywhere in the world. That's what it's going to take for us to win the future. And winning the future begins with getting our economy moving right now. And that's why we're here. Carnegie Mellon is a great example of what it means to move forward. At its founding, no one would have imagined that a trade school for the sons and daughters of steelworkers would one day become the region's largest -- one of the region's largest employers and a global research university. And yet, innovations led by your professors and your students have created more than 300 companies and 9,000 jobs over the past 15 years -- companies like Carnegie Robotics. But more important than the ideas that you've incubated are what those ideas have become. They've become products made right here in America, and in many cases, sold all over the world. And that's in our blood; that's who we are. We are inventors and we are makers and we are doers. If we want a robust, growing economy, we need a robust, growing manufacturing sector. And that's why we told the auto industry two years ago that if they were willing to adapt, we'd stand by them. Today, they're profitable, they're creating jobs and they're repaying taxpayers ahead of schedule. That's why -- (applause) -- that's why we've launched a partnership to retrain workers with new skills. That's why we've invested in clean energy manufacturing and new jobs building wind turbines and solar panels and advanced batteries. 11:05:47 We have not run out of stuff to make; we've just got to reinvigorate our manufacturing sector so that it leads the world the way it always has, from paper and steel and cars to new products that we haven't even dreamed up yet. That's how we're going to strengthen existing industries; that's how we're going to spark new ones. That's how we're going to create jobs, grow the middle class and secure our economic leadership. And this is why I asked my council of advisors on science and technology -- what we call PCAST -- a while back to look at the state of American manufacturing and the promise of advanced manufacturing. Now, the concept of advanced manufacturing is -- is not complicated; it means, how do we do things better, faster, cheaper to design and manufacture superior products that allow us to compete all over the world? And so these very smart folks, many of whom are represented here, wrote up a report which is now up on the White House website. But we didn't want to just issue a report, we wanted to actually get something done. So we've launched an all-hands-on-deck effort between our brightest academic minds, some of our boldest business leaders, and our most dedicated public servants from science and technology agencies, all with one big goal -- and that is a renaissance of American manufacturing. We're calling it AMP -- A-M-P -- the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. It's made up of some of the most advanced engineering universities like Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan, some of our most innovative manufacturers, from Johnson & Johnson to Honeywell, Stryker, to Allegheny Technologies. I've asked Susan Hockfield, the president of MIT who is here -- there's Susan -- (applause) -- and Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical -- (applause) -- to lead this partnership and to work with my own advisers on science, technology and manufacturing. Throughout our history, our greatest breakthroughs have often come from partnerships just like this one. American innovation has always been sparked by individual scientists and entrepreneurs, often at universities like Carnegie Mellon or Georgia Tech or Berkeley or Stanford. But a lot of companies don't invest in early ideas because it won't pay off right away. And that's where government can step in. 11:08:41 That's how we ended up with some of the world-changing innovations that fueled our growth and prosperity and created countless jobs: the mobile phone; the Internet; GPS; more than 150 drugs and vaccines over the last 40 years was all because we were able to, in strategic ways, bring people together and make some critical investments. 11:09:07 I'll take one example. The National Science Foundation helped fund Stanford's digital library project in the 1990s. The idea was to develop a universal digital library that anybody could access. So two enterprising Ph.D. students got excited about the research that was being done at Stanford. This was funded by NSF. So these two Ph.D. students, they moved from campus to a friend's garage and they launched this company called Google. And when the private sector runs with the ball, it then leads to jobs building and selling that is successful all over the world. This new partnership that we've created will make sure tomorrow's breakthroughs are American breakthroughs. We're teaming up to foster -- (applause) -- we're teaming up to foster the kind of collaborative R&D that resulted in those same early discoveries, and to create the kind of innovation infrastructure necessary to get ideas from the drawing board to the manufacturing floor to the market more rapidly, all of which will make our businesses more competitive and create new high-quality manufacturing jobs. 11:10:33 Now, to help businesses operate at less cost, the Energy Department will develop new manufacturing processes and materials that use half as much energy. That will free up more money for companies to hire new workers or -- or buy new equipment. To help businesses discover, develop and deploy new materials twice as fast, we're launching what we call the Materials Genome initiative. The invention of silicon circuits and lithium-ion batteries made computers and iPods and iPads possible, but it took years to get those technologies from the drawing board to the marketplace. We can do it faster. To help everyone from factory workers to astronauts carry out more complicated tasks, NASA and other agencies will support research into next-generation robotics. And I just met with folks from a local company, RedZone Robotics, who make robots that explore water and sewer pipes. And I have to say, it -- it is fascinating stuff when you -- you watch -- the robot's about this big. It -- it can go through any sewer system; it's -- it's operated remotely by the municipal worker. It's got a camera attached so it can film everything that it's seeing. It then transmits the data that goes into a city-wide database, and can enhance the productivity of these workers by three- or fourfold and help the city make even better decisions. Potentially, this can save cities millions in infrastructure costs. Companies are also training new workers to operate the robots, and analysts to pour through the data that's being collected. To help smaller manufacturers compete, federal agencies are working with private companies to make powerful, often unaffordable, modeling and simulation software easier to access, and I just saw an example. A few years ago, Proctor and Gamble teamed up with the researchers at Los Alamos National Labs to adapt software developed for war, to figure out what's happening with nuclear particles. And they are using these simulators to dramatically boost the performance of -- diapers. (Scattered laughter.) Yes, diapers. Folks chuckle, but those who have been parents -- (laughter) -- are always on the lookout for indestructible, military-grade diapers, so -- (laughter, applause). But -- but here -- here's what's remarkable. Using this simulation software that was developed in Los Alamos, Proctor and Gamble has saved $500 million -- half a billion dollars -- as a consequence of this simulator. Now, through the new partnership that we're setting up, Proctor and Gamble is offering its powerful fluid dynamic simulator to smaller manufacturers, and is doing it for free. Now, this is not just because Proctor and Gamble wants to do good; it's also they've got thousands of suppliers. And they're thinking to themselves: If we can apply this simulation technology to our smaller suppliers, they're going to be able to make their products cheaper and better. And that, in turn, is going to save us even more money. And it has a ripple effect throughout the economy. Starting this summer, federal agencies will partner with industries to boost manufacturing in areas critical to our national security. I just saw an example backstage. The Defense Department scientists -- we -- we -- we call it DARPA -- the folks who brought us stealth technology and, by the way, who brought us the Internet, wanted to see if it was possible to design defense systems cheaper and faster. So they found a small company in Arizona called Local Motors. And they gave them a test: You have one month to design a new combat-support vehicle and you've got three months to build it. Their CEO, Jay Rogers, is here today and, as an ex-Marine who lost a couple of buddies in combat, understood the importance of increasing the speed and adaptability and flexibility of our manufacturing process for vehicles that are used in theater. So Local Motors solicited design ideas on their website, chose the best out of 162 that it received, built and brought this new vehicle here ahead of schedule. We just took a look at it. Not only could this change the way the government uses your tax dollars -- because think about it: Instead of having a 10-year lead time to develop a piece of equipment with all kinds of changing specs at a moving target, if we were able to collapse the pace at which that manufacturing takes place, that could save taxpayers billions of dollars. But it also could get products out to theater faster, which could save lives more quickly and could then be used to transfer into the private sector more rapidly, which means we could get better products and services that we can sell and export around the world. So it's good for American companies, it's good for American jobs, it's good for taxpayers. And it may save some lives in places like Afghanistan for our soldiers. So that's what this is all about. As futuristic and -- let's face it, as cool as some of this stuff is, as much as we are planning for America's future, this partnership is about new, cutting-edge ideas to create new jobs, spark new breakthroughs, reinvigorate American manufacturing today, right now -- not somewhere off in the future, right now. 11:16:57 It's about making sure our workers and businesses have the skills and the tools they need to compete better, faster and smarter than anybody else. That's what we're about. We are America, and we don't just keep up with changing times; we set the pace for changing times. (Applause.) We adapt and we innovate. We lead the way forward. (Applause.) 11:17:30 Now, it -- it's worth remembering, there was a time when steel was about as advanced as manufacturing got. But when the namesake of this university, Andrew Carnegie -- an immigrant, by the way -- discovered new ways to mass-produce steel cheaply, everything changed. Just 20 years after founding his company, not only was it the largest, most profitable in the world; America had become the number-one steel maker in the world. Now, imagine if America was first to develop and mass-produce a new treatment that kills cancer cells but leaves healthy ones untouched; or solar cells you can brush onto a house for the same cost as paint; or flexible display soldiers -- flexible displays that soldiers can wear on their arms; or a car that drives itself. Imagine how many workers and businesses and consumers would prosper from those breakthroughs. Those things aren't science fiction. They're real. They're being developed and deployed in labs and factories and on test tracks right now. They sprang from the imagination of students and scientists and entrepreneurs like all of you. And the purpose of this partnership is to prove that the United States of America has your back, is going to be supporting you, because that's the kind of adventurous pioneering spirit that we need right now. (Applause.) That's the spirit that's given us the tools and toughness to overcome every obstacle and adapt to every circumstance. And if we remember that spirit, if we combine our creativity, our innovation and our optimism, if we come together in common cause, as we've done so many times before, then we will thrive again. We will get to where we need to be. And we will make this century the American century, just like the last one was. Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. (Applause.) 11:23:11 Obama gladhanding TRAVEL POOL 11:30:05 POV cam - motorcade through Pittsburgh TOUR 11:31:05 Man in military uniform outside experimental DARPA light vehicle 11:31:37 President observes vehicle. DARPA chief Regina Dugan and head of Local Motors (name unknown) explain the project to him. 11:36:51 President observes new sewer system robot system 11:43:25 President observes Proctor & Gamble advanced diaper. thing. 11:44:29 President: So the simulation developed at Los Alamos for nuclear technology is being used to improve diapers. SPEECH CUTS (audio drops on channel 1 at times. Use channel 2.) 11:47:34 Walk on, profile FS 11:48:25 Various audience 11:51:23 Profile MS Obama at podium 11:51:29 CU profile Obama at podium 11:52:16 President gladhanding 11:56:50 President signs robot

THE AUCTION OF ABOUT 2,500 DENIM JACKETS MADE BY A FORMER CULT LEADER'S FOLLOWERS TOOK PLACE TODAY IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. THE AUCTION WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR LAST DECEMBER BUT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE MISUNDERSTOOD A COURT ORDER. PLANS FOR THE TWO-DAY AUCTION WERE BASED ON A BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDER LAST SUMMER LIFTING A STAY ON DISPOSING OF PROPERTY IN A 1992 BANKRUPTCY CASE FILED BY TONY ALAMO. ALAMO, 59, WAS THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF A RELIGIOUS GROUP CALLED THE SUSAN AND TONY ALAMO FOUNDATION THAT FIRST OPERATED OUT OF A COMPOUND AT DYER, ARKANSAS. IN THE 1980'S, ALAMO RENAMED THE OPERATION AND MOVED IT TO CALIFORNIA. THE CHURCH OWNED SEVERAL MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES, INCLUDING A SUCCESSFUL CLOTHING FIRM IN TENNESSEE. ALAMO FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN 1992. HE WAS SENTENCED IN SEPTEMBER OF '94 IN TENNESSEE TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON ON TAX EVASION CHARGES AND FINED $210,000. FOUR YEARS AGO, FORMER ALAMO FOLLOWER ROBERT MILLER AND SEVERAL OF HIS RELATIVES WERE AWARDED $1.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN A LAWSUIT ALLEGING LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES. THE JUDGMENT HAS GROWN TO $2.3 MILLION WITH THE ADDITION OF ATTORNEY'S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS. THE MILLERS TOOK THE IRS TO COURT TO STOP THE AGENCY FROM HOLDING THE AUCTION.

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STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR DAILY PRESS BRIEFING ** JOINED MOMENTARILY IN PROGRESS U.S. negotiating team as we work towards reaching a final deal to address the concerns over Iran's nuclear program. To that end, all of the P5+1 ministers met today, along with the EU, and then all later met together with Iran. And all the experts continue to meet alongside to close the gaps on the remaining technical details. The secretary met with Foreign Minister Zarif throughout the weekend, including over four hours of meetings yesterday. As the president said last week and as the secretary repeated himself yesterday, we will only accept a deal that effectively closes off Iran's pathways to a nuclear weapon, and it will have to be a deal that can stand up to the scrutiny of not just our experts, but experts around the world. We're not there yet, and there are some important issues still to be resolved. Again, as Secretary Kerry said yesterday, if we can resolve them this week, we'll have a deal. And if we can't, we won't have a deal. We'll be doing that work to resolve the remaining issues inside the negotiating room privately and quietly and not negotiating in public. So I'm not going to have much more to say on these ongoing negotiations nor will I have any comments on the variety of things that have been reported in the press about the talks. As the secretary noted, when the time is right, we'll have more to say. A travel note. We -- I know we put this out last week, but to remind you, Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken departs today to Nigeria and Niger. While in Abudja (ph), the deputy secretary will meet with President Buhari and senior government officials to discuss expanding counterterrorism assistance such as intelligence support and additional advisors to enhance Nigeria's efforts to combat Boko Haram. He will also discuss cooperation on our shared priorities ahead of President Buhari's visit to Washington on the 20th of July. He will also meet with civil society representatives and alumni of the president's Young Africa Leaders Initiative. The delegation traveling with him to Nigeria includes Bureau of African Affairs Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield as well as senior officials from the Department of Treasury, Department of Defense and USAID. The deputy secretary will then travel on to Niger on the 9th of July to meet with senior officials and civil society representatives. In particular, he will emphasize our critical security cooperation with Niger and the importance both our countries place on countering violent extremism in the region. And on that note, just a quick segue. You probably saw my statement last night about the attacks in northern Nigeria by Boko Haram. We have learned since I put that statement out that the death toll has risen now to about 200, so a very lethal, very deadly series of attacks. And once again, we condemn this violence in the strongest possible terms. A couple of personnel announcements here. You probably saw the secretary announced the appointment of Thomas Pirello (ph) as the special envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Mr. Pirello (ph) who recently served as special representative for the department's successful Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, has also served as advisor to the International Court for Sierra Leone as a consultant to the International Center for Transitional Justice in Kosovo, Darfur and Afghanistan. He was a member, of course, of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2008 until 2010. He worked closely with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield on a portfolio that consists of the Great Lakes states of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. His priorities will be to strive, in coordination with local officials and international partners, to spur progress toward lasting peace, stability and development throughout the region, including the strengthening of democratic institutions in civil society and the safe and voluntary return of refugees and the internally displaced. And Secretary Kerry is, of course, grateful for Mr. Pirello's continued service in this important role. A couple of more. Today in Bangkok, State Department representatives joined with the UN, WHO, and the Thai government and others to launch the first International Society for Drug Prevention and Treatment Professionals. The society will promote professionalism of the workforce, seeking to prevent and treat substance use disorders worldwide. Through this initiative, the latest research and news in this crucial field can be disseminated globally, and the training examination and credientialing process currently supported by the State Department will be used to fully professionalize this field. And then lastly, the Department of State welcomes yesterday's decision by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee to inscribe the San Antonio missions in Texas, a series of four missions making up a U.S. national historical park, plus the Alamo, as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The five San Antonio missions are the largest collection of Spanish colonial architecture in North America and embody nearly 300 years of history and culture. This prestigious designation is a global recognition of the site's outstanding universal value. The missions now become the 23rd U.S. site on the World Heritage list, which includes, of course, the Grand Canyon and the Statue of Liberty. And with that (inaudible) QUESTION: I'm going to Iran a try. I mean, I know that everybody from the Germans to the Iranians themselves have talked about important and significant issues that still remain. Has there been any progress that gives one hope that this could even be a deal this week, whether it's a good or a bad deal? KIRBY: Well, I think I'd point you back to what Secretary Kerry said yesterday, Leslie. There has been progress made. There's no doubt about that. And work continues today. But there still remain disagreements and still differences over some particular factors that precluded this far reaching a deal. So the work continues in earnest. I mean, just today, not insignificant that you saw all the ministers meeting together. That's not insignificant at all. So everybody is still, I think, rowing on the oars here to try to get a deal done, but it's got to be the right deal, it's got to be a good deal, it's got to meet our national security interests and those of our partners, or there -- or there won't be one. And again, I think Secretary Kerry was extraordinarily pragmatic yesterday the way he couched it. QUESTION: (Inaudible) he also said that we're always there. So, basically, what could there be left to negotiate in one day that they could not negotiate over a period of 41 months? KIRBY: Well, I'd say -- and I'm sure you can understand that I'm not going to get into the details of what's being negotiated, I'm not going to get into content. That would be completely inappropriate right now. But I think what you saw from him and I think, Minister Zarif said a very similar thing, that we're being closer, I think, was the words that he used. Should tell you that there has -- that being able to say that now builds upon two to three years worth of work, here. I mean, this was a lot of effort by a lot of people over a long period of time has led us to these talks today, where we are in Vienna. But Secretary Kerry was also very candid about being able and willing to walk away if a deal can't be reached, that, again, meets the agreements as laid out in April. QUESTION: Could the sticking point be in -- basically in the language or the draft of the final communique, could that be the problem? KIRBY: Well, again, I'm not going to get into content, Zaida (ph), I think you can understand. As I -- as we've all said, that there remains a lot of work done on both the political and the technical tracks, and there's -- there's not uniformity of opinion on some issues on both those tracks. And again, I won't get into what exactly the issues of disagreement are, but I think it's safe to say that both on the political and the technical side, there's still work to be done to close gaps. QUESTION: You just -- I mean, you basically have a few, I mean, or 24 hours to do this. Would it really -- I mean, if this goes beyond Tuesday's deadline, I mean, does this mean that there's any harm done to that? I mean, we know that you want to do it by the 9th, but also with Congress out, and I think the bill goes back 30 days after September. Does it really matter if this really gets extended? KIRBY: Well, let's talk a little bit about what the 7th is, and what it isn't. It's not a deadline. It was a -- it was an extension of basically seven days of the parameters of the JPOA, the agreements reached in there, the sanctions relief that was an elemental part of the JPOA. So, we extended that for seven days, those parameters, so that -- it was a technical decision to extend that, so that discussions could continue to be had, and our diplomats could continue to work. So, you're right, that extension for seven days ends tomorrow. I'm not going to hypothesize now about what happens tomorrow. We'll see where we are tomorrow, and where that goes. But, again, I think you can just look at what they're doing today, clearly a lot of effort, a lot of energy being applied to the talks today, and we'll see where we go. The -- again, I'll go back to what I said to Zaida (ph), just reminding that the secretary was clear, that we're either going to get a good deal, a deal that meets the parameters in April from Lisanne (ph), that meets our national security requirements, that prevents Iran from all the pathways to nuclear weapons capability, or there won't be a deal. QUESTION: John, won't the Iranian diplomats said in Vienna that they are not committed to any deadline. So are you also not committed to any deadline? I mean, my question, I guess is, at what stage would you say that it -- that we're not going to reach a deal and that we're going to walk out? KIRBY: I just don't think that we're in a position right now where we can answer that question. We obviously all were focused toward the end of June, we said that throughout May and June, now, about how much the end of June was sort of driving us. KIRBY: Now we're beyond that. We have this technical extension for seven days. We're still very much at work. It's just -- it's the -- it's the sixth of July. So, we'll see where we are tomorrow. I think, and I think, again, Secretary Kerry was very clear about this. We're -- what's driving us trying to get the right deal. That's what's driving us. It's not that we're unmindful of the calendar. We're not unmindful of, you know, of deadlines that had been set before. But what he's really focused on more than anything is getting, you know, making sure that if we get a deal, it's a good deal. It's the right deal. QUESTION: (inaudible) the Iranians saying they don't have a deadline. And some reports are indicating that maybe we go beyond tomorrow, towards the end of the week. So is that within the parameter of what a deadline could be that, you know, we can -- you can drag it for a few more days? KIRBY: I just -- I think I'd really rather reserve judgment and comment on that until or unless we're at that point. I mean, right now we, you know, it's the sixth. The technical extension goes to tomorrow. We're working on this very, very hard. You know, it's six hours ahead of us here, and I can tell you they're still at work in Vienna. So I'm just not -- we're just not at a point now where I can answer that. QUESTION: Fair enough. But one other issue that's been reported, which is that the Iranians want to lift the U.N. embargo. Is this an issue that's been discussed all the time in Vienna? Or just suddenly appears and it became an obstacle? KIRBY: Well, look, I mean, there's lots of people talking on lots of different sides. What we've always said is that the sanctions relief we're speaking about in connection with the deal that is being negotiated are those related to the nuclear program. That's -- those are the sanctions that are under discussion in the negotiating room, and only those. QUESTION: So tomorrow if they want to keep talking, they will have a technical extension -- another technical extension? KIRBY: Well, I -- I just -- I don't know. I cannot answer that question for you. I mean, the JPOA has been effective thus far getting us this far in these talks. There's no doubt about that. But I'm not in a position today to speculate about whether or when there will be another extension to the JPOA going forward. Is is possible? Sure, but I can't tell you it's a certainty. I mean, again, I don't mean to keep harping on this, but the teams are working real hard right now, today, as you and I stand here. They're working on this. And their focus is on trying to complete that work satisfactorily, not on -- not on whether there will necessarily be another extension. QUESTION: You -- I mean, you said yesterday, I mean, you (inaudible) that the -- that the secretary had been pragmatic in his -- in his remarks yesterday. But practically, looking at the remarks coming from Vienna, and, you know, diplomats from every side saying there is no agreement on any of this, I mean, (inaudible) agreements, you know, (inaudible). Is it really realistic and pragmatic to think that you're going to have a deal by six a.m. tomorrow morning in Vienna time? KIRBY: I -- I -- I mean, again, I think the secretary was very clear-eyed about it, and that's where he remains today. I'm not going to speculate about what, you know, what the chances are in the next 12 to 18 hours. As I said last week, I mean, a deal could be had quickly or a deal could be had in a few days, or we could reach no deal. KIRBY: And that remains the case today. And we still -- any more on (inaudible)? (CROSSTALK) KIRBY: Yes? QUESTION: When the secretary said he's ready to walk away in case he couldn't get a good deal, did he mean he would walk away tomorrow, or it is open? KIRBY: I don't think he, when he said that, had a date certain in mind. He's more talking a qualitative decision there, that if a deal cannot be reached -- again, that meets all the parameters agreed to and accomplishes all the things I said just a few minutes ago -- then he'll walk away. He's always had that attitude that he would be willing to walk away if we can't achieve a good deal, but I don't think he put -- and he didn't mean to put -- certainly he didn't indicate, you know, what timeframe that would be. QUESTION: So he's open for extension basically? KIRBY: I think -- I'm not going to speculate about what's going to happen tomorrow. What the secretary is focused on is what's going on in the negotiating room today. Tomorrow, you know, we'll see where we are, and if we have to have a -- you know, another conversation about that, we will. I'm not going to speculate. Yeah? QUESTION: When you say July 7th is mid-deadline, is it just a decision -- what is -- what -- how would you characterize that? KIRBY: It was a technical extension of the standing agreement under the JPOA, you know, that provided limited sanctions relief for Iran while negotiations were ongoing. So in order to keep the negotiations going past the 30th, they extended the JPOA for another week. And that was a prudent decision at the time, since back on the 30th or 1st of July, we didn't know where we were going to be in a few days. So it was a technical extension of those arrangements so that diplomats could continue to work in Vienna and get things done. So tomorrow, that technical extension expires, and we'll see where we are tomorrow. QUESTION: Has the president been in touch with the secretary while he has been on -- while he's on the ground, have there been any phone calls between the two of them? KIRBY: I know that -- I certainly know that the secretary has talked to Susan Rice several times since being out there, and the secretary, you know, I mean, has stayed in touch with other national leaders. Obviously, Secretary Moniz is out there. I don't have any calls with the president to read out. QUESTION: Have -- can you talk about (inaudible) to how the talks have been structured? Are they in, like, breakout groups? Are they issue-by-issue? How -- can you just offer us a little window into the talks? KIRBY: There's a -- I'm not there, so I'm not, you know -- and we can certainly, you know, try to get you more context here, but there's several levels of meetings. You have technical experts who are meeting on various technical elements of the deal, and then you have the political leaders who meet. Sometimes they meet bilaterally. You've seen us. We're very open about the meetings that the secretary has been having. And then again, today, they're -- all the ministers met. So there's political meetings, there's technical meetings, and they happen at various -- at various levels and with, you know, various members attending. But I don't have -- you know, I don't have the framework every day of who's meeting in what room and when. QUESTION: And then one last question. Has there been a side deal with Iran to lift sanctions on Boukhari Sayed Tayerr (ph) who is part of AQ Khan network? And if so, at who's initiative? KIRBY: I have not heard anything about that at all. And look, on side deals, let me just make it clear that what's going on in Vienna is about the nuclear deal, and that's all. Now, on the sidelines of those discussions, we certainly do, every opportunity we can, bring up the case of the three Americans that are being detained in Iran as well as the case of Mr. Levinson. But I'm not aware of any side deal that's being -- in fact, I know there's no side deal being struck here as it -- as it relates to this -- these nuclear negotiations. Does that make sense? So I don't have anything on this individual, but I want to disabuse you of the notion that there are other side deals on other issues being constructed or discussed in Vienna. The focus in Vienna is on the nuclear deal. QUESTION: But if Treasury, I guess -- not on the side, but if Treasury lifts sanctions relating to Iran, that's not part of the -- you're just saying... (CROSSTALK) KIRBY: The only sanctions that are -- that are -- that are in play are those related to Iran's nuclear program. QUESTION: Just one very quickly to follow on, has the secretary spoken to the Israeli prime minister? Because he had some really harsh words about the deal yesterday. KIRBY: I don't know if there's been a call recently. I should've brought my reading glasses up here. (LAUGHTER) This thing is not in the prescribed 26 -- no, I don't see a call recently with Prime Minister Netanyahu in this. QUESTION: More on that, today, the prime minister, he called the negotiations not a breakthrough but a breakdown and said it was better that there's no deal than this very bad deal. Does State have a reaction to those comments? KIRBY: Well, first of all, there's no deal right now, and I've said, Secretary Kerry's willing to walk away if -- if the right deal cannot be had. And we've been very clear that -- we've -- we've -- and I -- and again, I'd point you to what Secretary Kerry said yesterday, which I thought was extremely pragmatic and cleared. There -- he wasn't talking in terms of breakthroughs at all. So to characterize breakthroughs or breakdowns, I think, would be inaccurate based on what we know of the scope and the pace and the character of the conversations that are going on right now in the negotiating room. QUESTION: Greece? KIRBY: Greece. We good? Good? OK, go ahead. QUESTION: Yeah. You say the referendum reserves (ph) -- you know, it's no (ph). So is the U.S. treating the Greek crisis in this referendum as a political crisis for the E.U. and the Europe currency, or you are treating it as purely a financial economy crisis for one of the countries? KIRBY: Well, I'm not -- I don't think it'd be appropriate for us to characterize that it is or what kind of crisis this may be. I mean, this is the referendum. We respect the Democratic process in Greece, right? That was something for the Greek people to -- to voice their opinions on. Now that it's over and you've seen, as Prime Minister Tsipras has indicated, Greece's plan -- place, I'm sorry, is in the Eurozone and in Europe, and he's expressed a desire to return to the negotiating table immediately. We look forward, as we have said from the beginning, to have all parties resuming their conversations toward a constructive outcome. QUESTION: As it has been said from this podium, from the White House, that President Obama has been in touch with, for example, German chancellor and other leaders in the E.U. Have you been in touch with any of the representatives of these E.U. institutions or international financial institutions, like any readout, anything that is going on, like -- what is the U.S. doing about this? KIRBY: Well, Secretary Lew and senior treasury officials, as well as the White House, continue to stay in close touch with a broad array of counterparts on the situation in Greece, including officials from Greece, the European Union and the IMF. So, of course, the State Department is a party to some of those discussions, but this is predominantly being led -- appropriately led by Secretary Lew and the Treasury Department. QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) KIRBY: Sure (ph). QUESTION: Does -- does the U.S. (inaudible) -- what -- what does the U.S. see as the geopolitical implications of this? It is -- it really is a big issue. I mean, Greece has played a major role not only in the Mediterranean, but also in the Balkans. And it stands in an interesting location that's interesting in a region that is increasingly -- you've got, you know, I don't even have to go through it -- (inaudible) Russia and everything. Does the U.S. have some concerns about this? And what kind of diplomatic efforts can the U.S. take notwithstanding, commenting on what's going on in the economic (inaudible), but what other kinds of efforts can the U.S. take to ensure that this doesn't get out of control? KIRBY: Well, I think, Leslie, I mean, first of all, (inaudible) I think you may have answered your own question. The -- the focus right now is on -- is on the financial situation in Greece. And as I said, Secretary Lew is leading the U.S. government response in terms of -- not response, but coordination. And I won't speak for him or the Treasury Department. But yes, clearly, we're -- we're monitoring this closely. We're all watching developments. And what Secretary Kerry wants to see is that -- that a path forward is found, a constructive path forward is found that will permit Greece to follow on the reforms that it needs, and to restore rate of growth and to achieve a level of debt sustainability. That's really what the focus is on now. We're certainly mindful of Greece's place in Europe geopolitically, but -- and nobody's, you know, ignoring that. But again, the focus right now is on -- is on making sure that all the parties in this discussion find a constructive way forward. That's really the best resolution to a more stable future for Greece and for Europe. QUESTION: The -- the U.S. has basically, you know, some critics have called it a helpless bystander because this is a European issue. But where it's not a European issue is in the IMF -- in these institutions that can actually come -- stand forward -- come forward and help Greece. What is the U.S. -- what has the U.S. said to the IMF about helping Greece? KIRBY: Well, I would refer you to the Treasury Department, to Secretary Lew, for any discussions of that nature. And I'm not -- certainly not confirming that there have been specific discussions between the Treasury Department and the IMF. But it is -- this is, again, predominantly the -- being coordinated through Secretary Lew and the Treasury Department. QUESTION: (inaudible) follow up on that. That if you go back into history, like when West Germany, you know, we supported West Germany and, you know, after the World War and all that. And then over the years, we have been. How -- how are we, you know, supporting at this point Greece or the E.U.? It's -- as you said, it's an internal issue, but still it has a big impact because it goes out and it goes into Russia (inaudible). It's a, you know, it's a -- so how this -- the State department is looking at it from the diplomatic angle? What -- is there anybody making any phone calls on diplomatic level? Any readout? Anything you can add? KIRBY: I don't have any readouts for you. As I said in my answer to you previously, certainly the State Department -- State Department officials are part of the discussions that are going on. But it is under Secretary Lew's coordination in that this is, you know, predominantly we're watching it closely, but it's predominantly an issue for Greece's creditors and Greece and the Greek government to work out. And again, I was very clear about what we'd like to see, which is reforms, a rate of growth restored, and debt sustainability. And, you know, there's simply, you know, nothing that I could -- would speculate with regard to any additional U.S. assistence. QUESTION: Yemen? KIRBY: Yemen? QUESTION: Yes. KIRBY: Sure. QUESTION: On Thursday, the United Nations disginated (ph) Yemen a level three humanitarian disaster area. I know that you issued a statement about that with the State Department. KIRBY: Yes. QUESTION: At the time. Is there anything that the United States is doing in terms of leaning on its allies, the Saudis, to stop bombardment of civilian areas (inaudible)? KIRBY: Well we -- we continue to urge all parties (ph) to prioritize reaching an agreement to end the fighting and to enable humanitarian aid to reach Yemen's citizens. I mean, we've been, I think, very steadfast about that. This is, as we've talked about before, and we support, should be a U.N.-led process here, and we look forward to a resumption of discussions that can lead to a better outcome. QUESTION: Do you support the call by (inaudible) the United Nations envoy, to resume the fighting, to cease until after the (inaudible). KIRBY: I'm sorry? QUESTION: Well, he called for a ceasefire to take place between now and then over the holiday, after Ramadan. So, do you support that? KIRBY: Well, we -- we have long supported the humanitarian pause (ph) here. I mean, that's not -- and you saw my statement Thursday, I reiterated that again. So, first of all, we support his efforts, and I've been clear about that. And there's nothing that's changed about our desire to see a humanitarian pause here, and for -- an ability for humanitarian aid and assistence to reach those most in need. QUESTION: John, what about Zaida's (ph) first question which was, what are you doing to try to, I don't know, improve the accuracy or somehow dissuade the Saudis from hitting civilian areas. I mean, just today, there was a strike that killed dozens of civilians. KIRBY: Well, look, we -- we remain in close touch with the Saudis government regarding a wide range of issues. With respect to Yemen, I'd refer you to them for discussion of their operational details. That's really for the Saudis government to speak to. And we take all accounts and reports of civilian causalties seriously. And again, have been very clear about our desire to see a humanitarian pause. QUESTION: Is the United States still providing assistence to the Saudis-led campaign through ISR and other support.. KIRBY: I think that's something you should talk to my colleagues at the Pentagon. QUESTION: You guys have talked about it from this... KIRBY: There's been a -- there remains some assistence, but I'm not going to detail it from this podium. That's something for the Defense Department to speak to. QUESTION: I mean, but you've said before from the podium -- not you, but your predecessors have said that, you know, intelligence- surveillence reconneisance... KIRBY: As I've said, there's been some -- there remains assistence being provided, but that's a miilitary issue, and I'm not going to speak to military matters. Yes? QUESTION: (Inaudible) Yemen? KIRBY: OK, we'll come back to you. QUESTION: Yes, regarding this U.N. handling the issue of (inaudible), the issue of the Yemen, what U.S. is playing as a role beside urging the U.N. and besides to come to a political solution? KIRBY: I mean, our diplomats are hard at work in -- as they always are in trying to stress the desires we'd like to see, the same desires the U.N. would like to see, but this is a U.N. led process. And while we had -- certainly had visibility on the recent talks, I mean, this is a U.N. led process. QUESTION: But usually you noticed U.S. is having something to push forward. Do you have something to push forward? I mean, is a plan -- there is a plan, or -- to push a plan, or you think that it will take time to let the Saudis (ph) solve their issue? KIRBY: We are supporting the U.N. process. That's the process through which we believe the best chance of sustainable success in Yemen will be achieved, and so, we want to be supportive of those efforts. So, I don't have -- there isn't a separate U.S. plan being developed or laid on the table here. We've made our desires known. They are very much in keeping with what the U.N. would like to see, which is, again, a humanitarian pause, a restoration of political -- the political process and talks to resolve the issue inside Yemen, the humanitarian pause, (A), because we want to see the violence stopped; (B), because we want to see humanitarian aid get to the people that need it. QUESTION: (inaudible) says that the Saudi-led coalition displays a pattern of attacks, destroying civilian homes and resulting in scores of civilian deaths and injuries. I assume you wouldn't agree with that characterization, but how would you describe the instances where so many civilians dying is continuing? KIRBY: Well, again, we take all the reports of civilian casualties seriously. And we remain in close contact with our Saudi counterparts. Again, I'll let you -- them speak to their operational capabilities and performance. But what we really want to see here is no civilians get hurt. And the people that are in need get the help that they need. And that can only be done on a sustainable level through political dialogue and a process that allows for a humanitarian pause to be enacted and to be sustained. QUESTION: (inaudible) your colleague at the White House said that I think the number of attacks against ISIS targets in Syria, in particular around Raqqa area has intensified probably to the highest level. Yet the ISIS managed to regain the town of (inaudible) from the Turkish fighters yesterday, I think. So is this about -- I mean, if militarily, obviously, they're gaining, isn't it about time that you change your strategy or look differently of how you deal with ISIS in Syria (inaudible)? KIRBY: Well, look, I mean, I -- I want to be mindful and careful that I'm not getting into battlefield assessments here from the State Department. That would be inappropriate. But I -- I would like to challenge... (CROSSTALK) KIRBY: What's that? QUESTION: Strategy. I'm not talking about (inaudible). KIRBY: No, no, I got that. So -- so separate and distinct from battlefield assessments, which I don't have in-depth knowledge of and it would be -- I'd be foolish to get into a discussion about what's going on on the ground on any given day there. I think two things I would say. One, the strategy that is being enacted is having success against ISIL. We've talked about this many times before. It remains a dangerous group. They remain... (CROSSTALK) KIRBY: The strategy against ISIL writ large is making progress. It doesn't mean that it's achieved ultimate success. I think we all recognize that this remains a dangerous group who continues to want to terrorize people and to gain territory and ground and influence in Iraq and in Syria. But we've been -- coalition aircraft, including U.S. aircraft, have been flying missions inside Iraq and in Syria now for quite some time. And the notion that ISIL just keeps gaining territory is just mathematically false. It's just not true. They've lost somewhere between 20 and 30 percent of the territory they had a year ago. It doesn't mean that inside that they're going to have tactical successes from time to time, like we saw in Ramadi a little bit ago. QUESTION: (inaudible) just going to talk about Syria and Iraq -- the Syrians (inaudible). Can you point out the extent of where ISIS was defeated in Syria? And they lost massive amounts of land (inaudible)? KIRBY: Khobani. Right? Tel Abyad. Right? And they continue to get hit in all kinds of other places. I think you might -- again, I won't speak for the Defense Department, but I know that there's been airstrike activity near and around and in Raqqa, which is the self- proclaimed, you know, ISIL, you know, capital city. So there's been some success kinetically. And it's not just about towns. A large part of the effort has been in Syria to try to help get at (ph) their ability to sustain themselves, hitting (ph) their oil capacities and training camps, their ability -- their -- their lines of communication across the border with Iraq. So there's been some success. I want to be very clear, though, that, you know, I'm not -- I'm not looking at this through rose-colored glasses, and -- and nobody else here is either. Remains a dangerous group, remains a threat. There's a lot of energy being applied to this that's not military that doesn't grab the headlines but is -- is still going on. So everybody's mindful of the work that remains to be done, and, you know, again, I think you've seen that the -- the president will be going over to the Pentagon later today to speak to military commanders about the strategy, the execution of it, and I'll let -- I'll let them characterize it after the fact. QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) train-and-equip program, they are really -- just like in reports, some say that you -- you guys have trained maybe in the hundreds and some say in the thousands. Could you (inaudible)... KIRBY: Which train-and-equip program are we talking about? QUESTION: (inaudible) moderate Syrian opposition... KIRBY: Yeah, again, I -- that -- that is a DOD program, Said, and I really want to, you know, refer to the -- the Pentagon to speak to that particular program. It would be wrong of me to do that. QUESTION: On a related issue, is there been any conversation between you and the Turks and the -- the topics of the buffer zone or safe haven or no-fly zone last week... KIRBY: I don't have any -- I don't have anything to add since last week, no. QUESTION: Yesterday, confronting ISIL, I-S-I-L, or DAESH -- I'm -- I'm staying away from DOD programs and the assessment of military ground and all these things. You were here before with previous spokesperson of the State Department, talking about the strategy and then there was five tracks, I think. What about the rest of the tracks that the military -- whether it's relating, they are trying to ask this question, because it's related to the one year after the Mosul... KIRBY: Right. QUESTION: ... so it's -- I.S. (ph) is established, or it's working or whatever (inaudible) defeating what they are saying, that they are gaining more ground. KIRBY: Right. So we've talked... QUESTION: I'm trying to say -- the question is about the other four tracks, which was, like, flow of the money, flow of the people and the weapons beside that -- the possibility of talking to them or their (ph) message to be reached to the others (inaudible) -- are they -- are they recruiting more people, it seems, or -- I don't know. I mean, this department has to have a better idea than me to answer this question, right? KIRBY: Look, you're right. There are other lines of effort here, aside from militarily putting pressure on them. And General Allen and Brett McGurk are obviously working this very hard here for the State Department. But without going into a tick-tock on everything we've done, you -- we have -- we have put pressure on their finances. That's why the military was hitting oil refineries and crude-oil collection points less than a year ago. KIRBY: And -- so there is -- and by -- and by squeezing them territorially, you're also helping put a lot of pressure on their ability to -- to finance themselves, because one of the ways -- frankly, one of the biggest ways they earn money is extortion and theft, and they get that from literally robbing banks and -- and extorting it out of leaders and individuals. And so the more pressure you put them on (ph) geographically, the less opportunity they have for that. Doesn't mean that that is a solved problem. None of -- none of -- we have not come to closure on any of these. Now, you mentioned foreign fighters, that's another element on another line of effort. More than 30 nations now have put in place administrative or legal programs to try to limit the flow of foreign fighters. The United States, obviously, has been very much a leader in this regard in focusing on this. Doesn't mean it's not still a threat. But there is work being done on the communications side, which is another line of effort. You heard Secretary Kerry a few weeks ago say that that's one that we know we have a lot more work to do in terms of countering their propaganda and their agility inside social media. So yes, there's a -- I mean, I could go on and on, and I don't want to do that. There's a lot of work being applied on other lines of effort. They don't get the headlines because things aren't blowing up in those lines of effort. But that doesn't mean that the work isn't continuing. QUESTION: Regarding the communication, for example, a lot of people -- when they hear, they are asking for blocking, for example, Twitter or Facebook accounts of those people. This -- is it principally accepted or is regarded as an option or not? KIRBY: I don't know who's saying this. QUESTION: Some people. KIRBY: Well, I mean, lots of people... QUESTION: People are saying -- I don't have the names in my mind, now. KIRBY: Yes, no, I mean... QUESTION: One of the proposed ideas that -- their commands (ph) of different things. KIRBY: Without getting into... QUESTION: Who is doing what. KIRBY: ... cyber tactics, which may or may not be considered. I mean, we understand that they have an agility in social media, and we're trying to help get at that. And it's a coalition effort, it can't just be the United States doing this, and it's not. But I also think you need to keep -- you know, we need to keep their propaganda success, if you want to call it that, in some perspective. I mean, where they're being successful, and this gets to your question about recruiting is, is in helping recruit and attract a certain segment of the Muslim population to join their effort. They certainly aren't having some wide spread success in social media across the world. I mean -- they're not -- their footprint isn't that big and that pervasive out there. It's big enough to attract the people that they want to get in, or at least some of the people they want to get in. So, we need to keep it in perspective. Yes, they're nimble, and they've proven to be more modern and more capable, but certainly not invincible inside social media, and we're working at that problem very, very hard. QUESTION: Two quick questions. One, any comments on the Indian prime minister visiting now in a number of Eastern countries, including Russia, and whether he will be meeting with five big nations that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. And they will be -- he will be evaluating this new development bank and other issues among these nations. This U.S. support -- this group, what do you call it, that they are working on a number of -- leaving their agenda within their groups, all these number of issues and that maybe attracting (ph) -- if U.S. is in touch with them or been invited? KIRBY: I'm aware of their attendance. We certainly know about that, but that's really a -- those are -- that's a decision that the prime minister has to make for himself and certainly, we respect his decision. It's just not for us to have a comment on. QUESTION: Yes, but I'm (ph) asking because before his visit to this country, a number of Indian high-level visits took place here in Washington, including the finance minister, foreign minister and also (inaudible) development minister, among others. Have they -- I'm sure they must have met somebody here in State -- and State and Commerce ministers among others. Have they discussed about what's going on there? KIRBY: I don't -- I don't know that that -- the decision to attend this conference was a topic of discussion here. And even if it was, I'm sure it wasn't a substantive discussion because these are decisions -- these are national decisions that leaders have to make about whether they're going to attend these kinds of conferences. So I -- I just -- I couldn't tell you that it was specifically discussed. QUESTION: If I may, one more quickly, going back to Iran. Many people are asking -- their memories of 1979 are still there. Any -- how much can you trust Iran because they had signed all the agreements -- Vienna Convention, Geneva Convention, international conventions and all that. And still they broke the international laws by, you know, what -- I don't have to go back there, U.S. diplomats and others. How much can you trust them today if they sign something tomorrow, whatever the outcome will be from there? KIRBY: Well, Goyal, we've talked about this as well. I mean, this deal is not about trust. It's about verification. And I mean, you know, if it was all about trust, there'd be no need to sit down and to hammer out a very complicated deal. So, we're going into this -- I think everybody, not just the United States, everybody's going into this with eyes wide open. And as we've talked about before, as agreed in April in Lausanne, it has to be -- IAEA inspectors have to be given the access they need to do the proper verifications or there won't be a deal. It's not about trust. Yes? QUESTION: Relating to the negotiations with the Turks on this buffer zone issue, John. Last week when Mark was asked this question, he said that there is no (inaudible) truth about this Turkish, you know, (inaudible) military intervention in Syria. Is this still the case for you as (inaudible) negotiations with the (inaudible) government? KIRBY: Well, first of all, you're taking Mark's word, is that what (inaudible)? (LAUGHTER) (CROSSTALK) KIRBY: No, I mean, look, we talked about this a lot last week, almost every day we talked about this. We are in constant discussions with Turkish leaders about the situation against ISIL and across the border. And certainly, you know, they've made their concerns well known. And these are discussions that continue with them. But I don't have, just like I didn't have last week, I don't have anything today with respect to announcing, you know, any change in coalition policy with respect to a buffer zone. QUESTION: And you said that there's no need for a U.S. -- U.S. military (inaudible). KIRBY: I've said this (inaudible) from a military perspective, military leaders did not see a need for it at this time. QUESTION: But my question is after these high-level contacts with the Ankara government on this issue over the last weekend, do you still (inaudible) possible for a Turkish unilateral intervention in Syria? KIRBY: You'd have to talk to the Turkish government about that. And I -- I have seen... QUESTION: (inaudible) ground troops that you are watching. I mean, also you are... KIRBY: I've seen -- I've seen nothing that would indicate that. But you're asking me to speak for decisions that another sovereign government might or might not make, and I won't do that. I've seen nothing that would -- that would cause me to believe that that is impending. Again, you'd have to talk to Ankara. QUESTION: Can you please share with us the levels of this contact that you mention? KIRBY: I think the -- the levels has been a very high level. They've been at a working level, and they continue. I mean... (CROSSTALK) QUESTION: What -- what high level? For example, according to my sources, Vice President Biden made a phone call with President Erdogan, but there wasn't any readout from White House, I mean, on -- it is -- it's, well, very unusual thing. I don't know why, but... KIRBY: I -- I -- I can speak to that. I mean, I -- I don't have any knowledge of the vice president's phone conversations. I'd refer you to the White House about that. But look, look, getting -- getting out of the -- the day-to-day who-called-who and what was said, we -- Turkey's a NATO ally and an important partner in this particular fight. They have agreed to host the training-and-equip program inside Turkey. They are dealing with millions of refugees across that board. They have border concerns of their own in terms of the flow in foreign fighters. There's a lot for us to talk to Turkey about, a lot, with respect to the -- to the fight against ISIL, and we continue to have those discussions all at various. I don't know how many times, you know, our leaders have -- have gone to Ankara, and they will to go to Ankara, and these are discussions that we will continue to have with them at all various levels, because this is a very dynamic, fluid, changing security environment. QUESTION: Last one, John. So this kind of unilateral Turkish intervention, military intervention in Syria would be a concern for U.S. government? KIRBY: I'm not going to comment on a hypothetical or a situation that hasn't happened. What we want and I think is important for everybody to remember is that the coalition is focused on the mission at hand, which is destroying -- degrading and destroying ISIL and their capabilities. Turkey's a part of that coalition. Yes. There are other concerns that Turkey has, and we continue to talk to them about it. But the focus of the coalition is anti- ISIL, counter-ISIL, and that's what we're doing. QUESTION: But the -- the relationship between U.S. government and Kurdish forces seems -- is -- is a concern for the Turkish government, because always, there are some... KIRBY: A good defense relationship with Turkey's a concern for us, too. But -- but... QUESTION: No. There are some (inaudible) blaming (ph) U.S. to create some kind of corridor at the Turkish Syrian border, and this is all the way coming from the government sources. It seems that the Turkish government has some concerns regarding its military partnership between U.S. and Kurdish forces on the ground. And you gave, for example, two cities as an example, as a success in Syria -- Kobani and Tell Abyad. Those are two Kurdish cities, and it was a success because of the military cooperation between U.S. and Kurds. So while this -- this difference between Ankara and Washington continues, how will you find a common ground... KIRBY: I think... QUESTION: ... to -- to pursue this fight against ISIL? KIRBY: I think -- I think the difference is (ph) that your (ph) getting from government sources, in our view, is being a little overplayed if I might suggest. It doesn't -- look, you can be the best of friends with another country, and it doesn't mean that you're not going to have differences of opinion about something as complex as the campaign against a group like ISIL. Not everybody's going to agree on everything, and everybody in the coalition brings to the fight what they can for as long as they can. These are national decisions. That's why it's a coalition of the willing, not of the -- not of the ordered. And so we're going to -- you know, we're going to continue to discuss concerns that -- that Turkey has. We understand those concerns. But this idea that there's these huge risks, I -- I think, quite frankly, is being overplayed. Do -- do we agree on everything? No. But look at -- look at execution. Turkey has, again, agreed to host a train-and-quite site inside Turkey, and they are -- they are lifting enormous weight to try to take care of millions of refugees from Syria inside their border. They have a -- they have a significant humanitarian assistance mission here they're -- you know, that they're conducting and they're doing it nobly and ably, and we thank them for that. But are we going to agree on every little aspect of it? Probably not. That doesn't mean that -- that doesn't mean that there's a problem -- you know, a huge strategic problem in the coalition necessarily that needs to be solved, that means that we're going to continue to work with them because they're an ally and a partner toward a common end. Did I answer your question? QUESTION: Yeah, but the two points that you gave an example for a cooperation, the train-and-equipment program and the refugees, this is, again, some -- there are serious concerns from Ankara on these issues. Train-and-equipment program is not working. There are only 50 people in Turkey, and Turkish government is not happy with that. And secondly, they are still blaming U.S. government for not supporting Turkey for those refugees problem. KIRBY: Who is blaming -- who is -- QUESTION: I mean, the Turkish government officials. You can look at the statements coming from Ankara -- KIRBY: OK. I'm not going to -- I'm not going to get into a tit- for-tat with anonymous government sources in Turkey. I'm just not going to do that. Look, an important ally and partner, and we're going to continue to work with them on a common goal here, which is countering ISIL. And those two things that you sort of -- you said I just mentioned, they're not insignificant two things. Maybe the numbers of moderate opposition isn't what we'd like it to be, I think we've been pretty open and honest about that, that there remains challenges in trying to put into the field into the trying and then into the field moderate opposition. I think we all recognize that that -- that there's a lot of work left to do to get that program to where we want it to be. The Defense Department, I think, has been very honest about that. And -- but the -- but the efforts by Kurdish fighters against ISIL in Kobani and Talabiyad (ph) was noteworthy, and it would be wrong for us not to note the success that they were able to have, with coalition air support, to be sure. But it -- but was successful and it did put pressure on ISIL. Particularly in Talabiyad, it helped cut off a major line of communication for ISIL along that border. And again, we -- coalition aircraft helped contribute to that success. That's what -- you know, back to the question here -- and we've said this from the very get-go, that a lot of the effort inside Syria is about getting at this group's ability to sustain itself and to maintain its viability. It operates predominantly in Iraq, it sustains itself predominantly inside Syria. Now, there's obviously a little mix there, but that's kind of how you have to think about it, and we continue to apply pressure -- the coalition continues to apply pressure inside Syria. And I would expect that you're going to continue to see that. QUESTION: John, could I ask you about your statements last week on the boycott? You issued a statement on the -- telling the Israelis that you basically will not defend against the boycott of the (inaudible) in the settlement. Now, the day before, the president signed into law the trade bill which actually has a clause on that. How do you reconcile the practical aspect of your statement that you will not defend against (inaudible) KIRBY: Well, I've seen -- you know, ignoring the law is not an option, OK, but the law -- the language in the legislation notwithstanding, Said, nothing has changed about our policy that, A, we don't support boycotts against the state of Israel, and, B, that we don't recognize settlements beyond the 1967 line. QUESTION: (inaudible) to sort of protect (ph) against (inaudible) products from the (inaudible) by any group or university or company or anything like that? KIRBY: Well, I'm not going to get into hypotheticals, but nothing has changed about our policies with respect to settlements. QUESTION: I'm trying to understand the practical aspect of... (CROSSTALK) KIRBY: I know you are. No, I know. Look, I'm not going to get into hypotheticals about execution of the legislation. We don't support boycotts against the state of Israel. And again, our position on settlements hasn't changed. I've got time for just a couple of more. QUESTION: John, have you heard about Iraqi pilot accidentally bomb to (ph) another Baghdad neighborhood. I don't know if you've heard of that, but, Mike (ph), this is not the question, but the question is about the F-16 jets that there were communications between U.S. and Iraq that to be shipped to Iraq, and last month and this month maybe, but there are also the problem. Maybe communication is another problem (ph) between U.S. and Baghdad, to be positioned in Jordan, not in Iraq. Do you have anything on that? KIRBY: No, I don't. QUESTION: What about any update about Baghdad and Erbil deal, that there are reports that... KIRBY: Baghdad and Erbil what? QUESTION: The deal, the oil deal that is not working, do you have any updates that you have your people on the ground? KIRBY: Other than -- look, I'm not -- I won't -- I don't have any comments specifically about discussions inside the Iraqi government about this. We long made clear that what we'd like to see is an oil revenue-sharing system that's good for all Iraqis, but I don't have anything beyond that to speak to you specifically. Okay? Thanks, everybody. END