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- Well, to the best of our ability...

- India is now our ally. Russia is our ally.

Even China will be an ally.

Everybody between Morocco

and Pakistan is the problem.

Failed states and failed economies, but

Iran is a natural cultural ally of the U.S.

Persians do not want to roll back

the clock to the eighth century.

I see students marching in the streets.

I hear Khatami making the right sounds.

And what I'd like to know is,

if we keep embargoing them on energy...

...then someday soon,

are we gonna have a nice, secular...

...pro-Western,

pro-business government?

It's possible. It's complicated.

Of course it is. Thank you for your time.

They let people march in the street. Next

day, they shut down 50 newspapers.

Put a few satellite dishes up on the

roofs, let them have My Two Dads.

That doesn't mean the ayatollahs...

...are surrendering one iota of control

over that nation.

Mr. Barnes,

the reform movement in Iran...

...is one of the president's

great hopes for the region...

...and crucial to the petroleum security

of the United States.

These gentlemen are with the CLI.

The Committee for the Liberation of Iran,

Mr. Barnes.

Princeton, New Jersey

Maybe you'll get made ambassador

to somewhere cool.

Like France or Italy or Ghana.

It's not beyond the realm

of possibility, is it?

How's your mom?

Great. She's great.

So I know it's still a year away...

...but I'll have to have a car,

a decent car.

Nothing too fancy, but it has to run so

that I can get into Boston and New York.

They have a great crew.

That's what they told me.

I said, "Crew of what?"

And they said, "Rowing."

- So if I wanna row, it'd be kind of fun.

- Thank you.

Robby, listen.

I live in Maryland...

...which means that you have

residency in Maryland.

For the University of Maryland.

I'm sorry, can I steal this from you?

Thank you so much.

I just want a normal senior year, Dad.

I want a normal house.

I want Cinemax and prom.

You know what prom is like in Pakistan?

Prom sucks in Pakistan.

It's complicated, you know.

I may have really screwed up at work.

How?

I was supposed to keep

my mouth shut and I didn't.

What does Mom do, again,

that we have to live in Islamabad?

- She's a secretary.

- Secretary.

Robby.

Both of my parents are professional liars.

Hey.

Did you guys just get a party?

I do too.

This is a party not for you.

Marbella, Spain

It is my pleasure to personally welcome

each of you...

All right, guys.

... to the Casa de las Palmas...

... our oasis of palms

in the south of Spain.

- Does somebody live here?

- Yeah, in the summertime.

I hope everyone is having

a wonderful day...

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