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Steve Witkoff

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A special envoy involved in negotiations with Iran.

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"Trump is questioning why Iran has not 'capitulated' in the face of Washington's military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal."
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"I don't want to use the word 'frustrated'... because he [Trump] understands he's got plenty of alternatives, but he's curious as to why they haven't... I don't want to use the word 'capitulated', but why they haven't capitulated."
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"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated’, because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t…"
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"I don't want to use the word 'capitulated', but why they haven't capitulated."
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"They're probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material, and that's really dangerous."
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"He's curious as to why they haven't... I don't want to use ​the word 'capitulated,' but why they haven't capitulated."
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"They've been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear. It's up to 60% (fissile purity)."
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"I don't want to use the word 'frustrated,' because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he's curious as to why they haven't... I don't want to use the word 'capitulated,' but why they haven't capitulated."
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"They've been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear. It's up to 60% (fissile purity)."
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"The president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised."
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"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated,’ because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t... I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated."
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"[Trump is curious] why under this sort of pressure with the amount of naval power that we have over there, why they haven't come to us and said, ‘We profess that we don't want a weapon, so here's what we're prepared to do.’"
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""I don't want to use the word 'capitulated,' but why they haven't capitulated.""
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""They've been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear.""
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"the president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised in the face of a major American military build-up nearby."
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"They're probably a week away from having industrial, industrial-grade bomb-making material, and that's really dangerous."
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"I don't want to use the word 'frustrated,' because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he's curious as to why they haven't capitulated."
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"We are hopeful, Jared (Kushner) and I, that – we've put some proposals on the table to both sides that will bring them together in the next three weeks and maybe even result in a summit between Zelenskyy and President Putin."
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"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated,’ because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t … I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated’, but why they haven’t capitulated."
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"They’ve been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear. It’s up to 60 per cent (fissile purity)."
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"He’s curious as to why they haven’t... I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated."
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"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated’, because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to… why they haven’t capitulated."
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"I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated."
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"They’ve been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear."
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"I don't want to use the word 'capitulated', but why they haven't capitulated."
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"the president has been clear that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons or the capacity to build them, and that they cannot enrich uranium."
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"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated’, because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to … why they haven’t capitulated."
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"Iran was probably a week away from enriching enough uranium to build a bomb."
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"Yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have not been sharing."
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"That’s a better question for the intel people, but let’s hope that they’re not sharing."
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"Yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have not been sharing."
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"on the call with the President, the Russians said they have not been sharing."
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"The teams discussed a variety of topics and agreed to stay in touch."
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"Over the last two days in Florida, the Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev held productive and constructive meetings with the American delegation to advance [US] President [Donald] Trump’s peace plan on Ukraine."
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"Russia highly values the efforts and support of the United States to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and re-establish global security."
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"Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine."
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"The teams discussed a variety of topics and agreed to stay in touch."
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"I can tell you that yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have not been sharing. That’s what they said. So, we can take them at their word."
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"The meetings... were 'constructive.'"
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