I'll just start by thanking both the witnesses for their testimony.
Mr. Nephew, I'm going to ask you some questions.
Before I start, I noticed we got a press release that there were 15 people added to sanctions just before our committee started, so I don't know if that was just timely for us, or what that was. That's interesting. I note that.
You had some testimony before the Senate foreign relations committee in July talking about sanctions, and talking about the agreement one year later. I think it's fair to say that you said you think we're safer than we were a year ago. Obviously, the election hadn't happened at that point in time at your federal level. I guess my question is, what are some of the greatest risks around the joint comprehensive plan of action as it relates now to Mr. Trump, who as president-elect has said he's not really that supportive of what's going on.
I realize that one of the things you talked about in your testimony is the whole issue of uncertainty. The fact remains that even in Iran it's around complicated environmental...it's tough to deal with. They're concerned about setbacks and all these other things that could happen.
Just give us your lay of the land today in terms of that action plan and what you think the U.S. will do. It's what you said as well. It's easy to say that you're going to do this and do that, but it's tougher to execute. I think both of you said in your testimony that doing it unilaterally isn't nearly as effective as multilaterally. If you could just give me your comments around that, that would be great.