James Clapper: “I wish the President were as aggressive about doing something about the Russians undermining us as he is about this…”

I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.

Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.

A stark reminder that the terrorist threat to this country hasn't gone away. We cannot take our eyes off this ball.

Ties with Tehran offer some regional governments a means of staking an independent position on Iran, thereby mitigating its isolation while also attempting to extract Iranian financial aid and investment for economic and social projects.