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Sheen were his fellow "west wing" cast members. if martin was the first actor to speak out, his california neighbor sean penn was the second. >> theres no question in my mind that this conflict can be resolved peacefully. >> yes, that is the same sean penn that is frequently ridiculed for his political opinions. sean penn and martin sheen did not go to the fletcher school of diplomacy, they were not and are not trained foreign policy professionals. they were just right. and the trained foreign p...

One of the most vigorous, one of the most outspoken. was absolutely committed to the idea that there were connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda, assertions that turned out to be false. >> a false premise. >> yeah, its the false premise that i think is -- when people talk about a mea culpa, thats what they probably want to hear most from the architects of the war like wolfowitz. and that, he didnt address. >> you bring up the plural there. the architects. lets talk about those, former vi...

Excavation. the people in this documentary who we personal spoke to who gave his personal opinion on this who was sitting on the stage of the veterans foreign affa affairs -- essentially launching the opening sal voe in the campaign to go into iraq and the commander of the u.s. central command which had responsibility for iraq, who had seen all the intelligence about iraq, he tells us on camera, that he literally bolted when he heard cheney make those comments. he was in total shock, thats in ge...

Talk in washington by members of official dom, sometimes in hearing rooms, about what cia is simultaneously saying, we cannot admit exists. >> thats the crazy and comical thing is that the cia would talk to reporters or government officials would talk to reporters, president went on jay leno and talked about the drone program. then the cia would say, this is a secret. and not only is it a secret but it would jeopardizes to even mention it. this decision narrows the gap between those two things, ...

Ceiling deal, where he got a tax rate increase of $600 billion. and while he tried to get another deal that increased taxes by essentially closing loopholes and deductions, that didnt happen. the next battle, if its not the continuing resolution battle, would be a debt ceiling battle, that follows that one. we always have another spot on the calendar here in washington, another fiscal cliff, another month away. jon: are republicans feeling emboldened because of what happened with the sequester? ...

A democratic system, as youre suggesting, have something that kills many people. that goes on for years and a large scale program that the government denies. theres still that issue of secret law. after we heard from the president that we cant take my word for it, we need to have more transparency we have the intelligence trying to pry those memos out the white house. that breaks a secret law which doesnt seem in line with the presidents assertions. >> first of all, i think the beginnings of the...

And i dont understand how we can in a democratic system, as you are suggesting, have something that kills many people, that goes on for years, that is a large-scale program that the government denies. >> right. >> and so if it moves to military, maybe it there will be less denial. but there is still that issue of secret law. i mean, after we heard from the president that you cant take my word for it in the senate, we need to have more transparency in the senate. even the intelligence community i...

The oval office. from the piece, ted cruz then went on to assert that president obama would have made a perfect president of harvard law school. the reason is because there were fewer declared republicans in than communists. there was one republican, but there were 12 who would say they were marxists, who believed in the communists overthrowing the united states government. 12 exactly. you sure it was exactly 12, sir? 12 implyious counted an it wasnt 11 and it wasnt 13, it was 12. spokesman for ...

Anywhere in the world, should jump to a conclusion about the circumstances until the police have had a chance to investigate. there have been very strong assertions made from moscow. were going to wait until the investigation is complete. >> this tragedy comes just after a law banning adoptions of russian children by american citizens passed in russia late last year. russian officials cited the deaths of 19 russian children adopted by americans as a main reason for the ban. but u.s. officials sa...