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Julian assange. the state department, we know, is categorically denying that allegation. >> yeah, tough for julian assange, somebody who, obviously, thrives on the internet, not to have access to the internet. youre right, the state department saying that they did not put direct diplomatic pressure on the ecuadorians to restrict julian assanges internet service. it happened over the weekend after the latest leak of hillary clintons e-mails. i guess it depends on who you believe. of course, the s...

Reciprocat reciprocated. as we saw in san bernardino, these people have no intention whatsoever of reciprocating our goodwill. >> this is unbelievable that in you are due she wrote in 2012 and in 2014 her hatred to us, the praising of 9/11 and her adherence to isis or al qaeda. here in america, were concerned about met a data collection which the president defended for acquiescing. it doesnt seem the american people, if aware, will allow this to stand. >> brian, its just obscene. again, this is ...

To do anything to do what isis wants the united states to do which is drive a wedge between the muslimss who live in the west and this awful terrorist organization. as i speak, wolf, the fascistic far right party in france just swept regional elections there. they took 30%. theyre the first party among all political parties. this is coming right off the back of paris. im already seeing isis say this is wonderful, it will show the muslims of france they have two choices, the fascists or isis. so ...

Failings that have allowed this to occur. the first was the invasion of iraq which destabilized ethnic elements in iraq and empowered iran. the second was the arab spring which created huge vacuums in libya and in syria that allowed terrorist movements to move in there and the third was the recent deal allowing iran to move forward and eventually acquire a nuclear weapon which sent bad signals, bad body language about whether were acquiescing in iran becoming a strong piece of the formula in tha...

Terrorist movements to move in there and the third was the recent deal allowing iran to move forward and eventually acquire a nuclear weapon which sent bad signals, bad body language about whether were acquiescing in iran becoming a strong piece of the formula in that world. i say as someone five years in the pentagon and opposed the war in iraq, whose son fought in iraq, i fought in vietnam. but if you want a place where we need to be in terms of our national strategy, a focus, the greatest str...

Leadership. >> well, rick, others would point to the fact that putin seems unintimidated by red lines, any pronouncements. what do you make of it? >> it may not be leadership we can squabble about whether or not this is leadership. president obama seems to be focus ed on that word. it is clearly winning. russia is winning. they grabbed crimea. there were no consequences. what we heard when the russians grabbed crimea back then from president obama was, this is not something that is very good for...

We tried to minimize the military presence. now the russians have an air base near israels northern frontier, something they wanted for a long time, and this administration appears to be acquiescing. patti ann: we have heard defense secretary ashton carter say we are coordinating with them because we dont want their planes to see our planes, but this doesnt mean its a coordinated effort. >> we had a joke about this when somebody says are you informing me or consulting me. we were informed. it wo...

Inspectors generals say it wasnt criminal. hillary clinton took questions in iowa yesterday. she said i did not send or receive anything that was classified at the time contradicted by the igs. is that whole thing just semantics? >> yes. particularly in changing to this passive voice. who was writing these e-mails? if it was an assistant or housekeeper or dog walker we should know this. i think "the new york times" was playing semantics here. i dont remember them issuing a clarification on marco...

Inspectors generals say it wasnt criminal. hillary clinton took questions in iowa yesterday. she said i did not send or receive anything that was classified at the time contradicted by the igs. is that whole thing just semantics? >> yes. particularly in changing to this passive voice. who was writing these e-mails? if it was an assistant or housekeeper or dog walker we should know this. i think "the new york times" was playing semantics here. i dont remember them issuing a clarification on marco...

Inspectors generals say it wasnt criminal. hillary clinton took questions in iowa yesterday. she said i did not send or receive anything that was classified at the time contradicted by the igs. is that whole thing just semantics? >> yes. particularly in changing to this passive voice. who was writing these e-mails? if it was an assistant or housekeeper or dog walker we should know this. i think "the new york times" was playing semantics here. i dont remember them issuing a clarification on marco...