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the olympics. thats right. a 16-year-old chinese swimmer wins the gold medal and denies that she is doping. ye shiwen set a record yesterday. on saturday, she won gold in the 400 meter individual medley. yesterday, the head of the world swimming association called her swim unbelievable. and suggested she may be doping. the young swimmer, she told reporters late last night and we are quoting here, my achievements derive from diligence and hard work. i will never use drugs. the chinese t...

talks. here is what the president had to say as the summit got under way. >> this morning were going to be spending a lot of time on economic issues. obviously the eurozone will be one topic. all of us are absolutely committed to making sure that both growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package all of us have to pursue. >> cnns brianna keilar at camp david. the eurozone crisis entering year three. you can see watching the arrival of the leaders it is. i...

Statement released the other day and to step up bilateral security and defense cooperation in a greater manner. we also need to work with regional partners to work a multilayered network that is open and comprehensive and built on international groups utilizing such frameworks as trilateral dialogues, east asia summit and apec. from this point of view, we shall also cooperate with china which is an important partner. it is also important that japan and the united states cooperate to promote nece...

I think the most outrageous thing that romney has done during his campaign in foreign policy is that he does not tell the truth about the presidents position on israel. the presidents position is that he wants a return to 1967 borders which mutually agreed upon swaps which has been the position of every american president since nixon what. romney does, is he just says he wants to return to 67 borders and doesnt add the crucial part with mutually agreed upon swaps. thats kind of cheesy. >> a lot ...

Democrat, a mormon who was a democrat was running for president and we had a republican in the white house. it is just territory that i dont think you need to go into and it is very dangerous to wade into. >> as we see the president accompanied by the mexican president and canadas prime minister, coming out in the rose garden. heres the president. >> it is my pleasure to welcome two great friends and partners. president calderon of america and prime minister harper of canada. ive worked with ste...

Relationship. that response by the president came on a question from my colleague, michael viqueira who is at the white house this afternoon. mike, you were the first to ask the president a question at todays press conference. it took a matter of seconds for him to launch the folly of those on the campaign trail who have been talking about war that is full of casualness, full of bluster, and a lot of talk. >> reporter: i think its clear that came right from the heart from the president. this beg...

Between them on iran and syria? >> those who say romney will say anything to get the nomination or get elected should look at the apec speech. this is pure pandering to apec, to jews in america and to israelis. there is nothing distinguishable in their approach to iran. by the way, theres really nothing that distinguishes what president obama is doing from what president bush did. this is a very difficult problem, and if mitt romney wants to be the presidential candidate who says, basically, we ...

He fired up the crowds as you could hear at apec. hours after he sat down at a meeting you see photographed there with president obama. moments ago leon panetta made another statement with all of this. he pre claimed that military action is on the table if it means stopping irans nuclear ambitions. that is the statement from leon panetta this morning. joined by dan senor an adviser to george w-rb bush and an adjunct senior fellow for foreign relations. and john bolton, former ambassador to the u...

Forward with the breakout capacity and tries to assemble and construct a nuclear weapon and we will go. we will actually take action if this happens. this is a tough sell. the united states doesnt have a great track record on weapons of mass destruction. the window in the iranian program, if we have one at all doesnt seem to be that great. he is asking netanyahu to trust the united states, trust the president if in fact we do have the information that well do. its asking for a huge risk. its unl...

Even as we will continue on the diplomatic front, we will continue to tighten pressure when it comes to sanctions. i reserve all options. my policy here is not one of containment. my policy is prevention of iran obtaining nuclear weapons. >> israel must have the ability always to defend itself billets, against any threat -- itself by itself against any threat. when it comes to israels security, israel has the right, the sovereign right to make its own decisions. >> bret: israeli prime minister b...