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CORRESPONDENT JIM SCHUTO IS
HERE.
LET'S BEGIN OUR COVERAGE WITH
JIM.
WHAT'S THE LATEST?
>> IT APPEARS SYRIA HAS MET ITS
FIRST DEADLINE.
SUBMITTING AN INITIAL COUNTING
OF CHEMICAL WEAPON STOCKPILES.
SPOKEN WITH ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS TODAY, THEY SAY THEY
HAVE NOT REVIEWED THIS INITIAL
COUNTING.
IT'S IN THE HANDS OF THE
ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION
OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BUT THEY DO
CONSIDER IT A POSITIVE SIGN.
ONE OF MANY POSITIVE SIGNS FROM
AMERICA'S TWO MOST DIFFICULT
ADVERSARIES IN THE REGION, SYRIA
AND IRAN.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION HAD ONLY STERN
WORDS FOR BOTH SYRIA AND IRAN.
>> IF YOU WANT TO SEND IRAN AND
HEZBOLLAH AND ASSAD A
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE, YOU GUYS
CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.
>> Reporter: NOW IT'S AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF IRAN
CALLING FOR PRUDENT ENGAGEMENT
IN AN OP-ED IN "THE WASHINGTON
POST" AND A MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THE WHITE HOUSE REITERATING ITS
OPENNESS TO ENGAGE.
MEANWHILE, SYRIA'S SUBMITTING AN
INITIAL ACCOUNTING TO THE
ORGANIZATION FOR THE PREVENTION
OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS APPEARING TO
MEET THE FIRST DEADLINE TO
SURRENDER ITS STOCKPILES.
>> WE HAVE A DOCUMENT NOW THAT
WE DIDN'T HAVE YESTERDAY AT THE
OCBW AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT
AND MAKING ASSESSMENT.
>> Reporter: CRITIC SAYS WITHOUT
ACTIVE PLANNING, DIPLOMACY IS
ALIVE AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
BUT REALITY CHECKS WILL COME
VERY QUICKLY.
WITH IRAN, THE QUESTION IS WILL
IT COMMIT TO STRICT LIMITS ON
THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR FUEL?
AND WITH SYRIA, WILL THE
SECURITY COUNCIL PRODUCE A
RESOLUTION BACKING THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS DEAL INCLUDING PUNISHING
SYRIA IF IT FAILS TO COMPLY?
>> I HAD A FAIRLY LONG
CONVERSATION IN WHICH WE TALKED
ABOUT THE COOPERATION IN WHICH
WE BOTH AGREED TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE --
>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT, FAILURE
COULD COME MUCH MORE QUICKLY
THAN SUCCESS.
>> THE FRUITS OF THIS MAY VERY
WELL BE REALIZED ON SUCCESSOR
ADMINISTRATION.
>> SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MONTHS,
EVEN YEARS YOU'RE SAYING?
>> POTENTIALLY.
I MEAN, EVEN THE SYRIA CASE MAY
GO ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
>> UH-HUH.
>> AND THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR
PROGRAM IS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED
AND DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: EVEN THE POSITIVE
GESTURES COME WITH QUALIFIERS.
IRAN'S PRESIDENT MAY BE
TWEETING, BUT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
ARE STILL BLOCKED FROM TWITTER,
FACEBOOK AND ALL SOCIAL MEDIA
SINCE THE 2009 ELECTION PROTEST.
AND, WOLF, THAT'S ONE THING
THAT'S NOT LOOKING LIKE IT'S
CHANGING IN IRAN.
>> THERE WAS THIS REPORT IN
ISRAELI NEWSPAPER THE IRANIANS
MIGHT BE ON THE VERGE OF HAVING
A NUCLEAR BOMB WHAT WITHIN SIX
MONTHS OR SO?
WHAT ARE YOU HEAR SNG.
>> THIS FROM A SENIOR ISRAELI
OFFICIAL PART OF A BROADER
CAMPAIGN BY THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU TRYING TO
DISCREDIT THIS IRANIAN OUTREACH
AS JUST MEDIA SPIN.
BUT I SPOKE TO AN ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIAL, SAID THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL POSITION
IS THAT THEY HAVE TIME AND SPACE
WITH THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
AND IRAN IS NOT AT THE BREAKOUT