Jane Harman: “Islamist political parties are not necessarily bad. I think it is much better to have these religious parties inside the…”

I think that Congress can finally construct the strategy that has been missing from everything we've been doing in the region.

I actually think the sanctions have been very effective and economic sanctions as a tool of foreign policy is an asymmetric strength of the United States.

I think Congress has to enact an authorization to use military force for the region, which would identify the trade-offs and how to create a strategy for United States leadership that puts maximum pressure not just on Iran.

But on North Korea, talk about their intentions--they built 60 nuclear weapons. So let us not be naive as we do a deal with them and I am in favor of doing the right deal with North Korea.