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Obama, Netanyahu project unity and differences over Iran

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    Leaders hold joint press conference in Israel

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Now to Iran both leaders made clear today they do not intend to allow the Islamic republic.

To get nuclear weapons the chief Washington correspondent.

James Rosen reports tonight there's still seem to be some differences yeah.

Like never before have an American president and Israeli prime minister's driven so hard to project unity.

While conveying how much still divides them the effort and the divide were clearest on the subject of Iran and its nuclear program.

I'm absolutely convinced.

The president is determined to prevent Iran from -- -- work.

There is not a lot of life.

A lot of daylight between.

Our country's assessments.

In terms.

Where Iran is right now.

President Obama told Israeli television last week he believes Iran is still over a year or so away from having -- nuclear weapon if it decides to build -- With that Netanyahu agreed but -- insisted the issue isn't just Iran's final attainment of the bomb but whether even before that happens the Islamic regimes technological advancement.

Can reach a so called point of no return that strips western powers of their ability to intervene.

I think.

There's a misunderstanding about time to make a weapon you need two things.

You need to enrich uranium.

Of the critical amount -- -- to what do you want gets.

To an immunity zone.

When they go through the enrichment process and you can argue.

Earlier President Obama toward one of Israel's iron dome missile batteries and interceptor system that shot down an estimated 90% of the rockets launched against the Jewish state.

During its November 2012 battle with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Mr.

Obama pledged to help Israel preserve its Q -- meet or qualitative military edge over its Arab neighbors our current agreement lasts through 2017.

And we've directed our teams start working on.

Extending it.

Forty years beyond but Netanyahu near the end of the two men's 42 minute news conference -- -- what the president had said.

In a way that placed a more definitive and lengthy time frame on that commit.

Went in addition to all -- -- that his administration is provided including aren't doing.

Including.

Defense funding for Israel doing very difficult times.

-- announce that we are going to begin talks.

On another.

Ten -- process.

Arrangement.

To ensure.

American.

Military assistance to Israel.

As expected no progress was announced in efforts to revive a two state solution for the Israelis and Palestinians asked what went wrong on that score in his first term President Obama called it a really hard problem that has been lingering for over six decades.

Even as he acknowledged -- that there was quote as he put it a host of things he could have done that would have been more deft.

But he is meeting with the Palestinians tomorrow.

All right James thank you.

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