Day after day, on little to no sleep, Kerry and Moniz haggled over the remaining issues. On July 12, the pieces started coming together. On the thirteenth, Susan and I went into the Oval Office for Obama’s final call with Kerry. The deal was basically done, but Obama needed to give his approval. We watched as Obama listened on the phone. “John, you should be very proud,” he said. With that, he hung up the phone and smiled. “Looks like we have a deal.” “That took eight years,” I said. “We should call that YouTube guy,” he said, referring to the 2007 debate question about engaging adversaries.
