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Me. it is a long-term health issue for me. and thats the basis upon which i made the decision. so its not about anything other than that. everybodys going to have opinions, as is obvious, from this, you know, scrum of people here today. but i dont -- with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really dont matter a whole hell of a lot to me. >> that was scrum, by the way, not the other word. what about it is he going to lose -- or what does he gain about all this in terms ...

0 one, events before the benghazi facility came under attack. two, events occurring when the benghazi facility first came under attack. third, events occurring before the second attack in benghazi. and fourth, events after those two attacks. one of the charges congress will hear tomorrow concerns the third time period. between the attacks in benghazi. between those attacks. gregory hicks, a state department official, posted in tripoli said, he asked for four special forces personnel to be sent t...

So its not about anything other than that. everybodys going to have opinions, as is obvious, from this, you know, scrum of people here today. but i dont -- with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really dont matter a whole hell of a lot to me. >> that was scrum, by the way, not the other word. what about it is he going to lose -- or what does he gain about all this in terms of politics? like it or not, the public judges politicians for many reasons including their app...

Political aspirations like running for president. >> its not a career issue for me. it is a long-term health issue for me. and thats the basis upon which i made the decision. so its not about anything other than that. everybodys going to have opinions, as is obvious, from this, you know, scrum of people here today. but i dont -- with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really dont matter a whole hell of a lot to me. >> that was scrum, by the way, not the other word. wh...

the second attack in benghazi. and fourth, events after those two attacks. one of the charges congress will hear tomorrow concerns the third time period. between the attacks in benghazi. between those attacks. gregory hicks, a state department official, posted in tripoli said, he asked for four special forces personnel to be sent to benghazi but was refused. the defense department says the four personnel werent ready for combat. also, they were needed to defend embassy in tripoli. a se...

and fourth, events after those two attacks. one of the charges congress will hear tomorrow concerns the third time period. between the attacks in benghazi. between those attacks. gregory hicks, a state department official, posted in tripoli said, he asked for four special forces personnel to be sent to benghazi but was refused. the defense department says the four personnel werent ready for combat. also, they were needed to defend the embassy in tripoli. a second charge congress will h...

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0 he doesnt have emotion -- he doesnt have any kind of idea of any reason hes there except to get the job. he has no passion that i can ever spot, and spontaneity, hes got to have it memorized like cookies coming down a chute already baked for him so he doesnt have to think. if he thinks, as you say -- if you ask this guy any question you hadnt heard before, what would come out of his mouth? the romney from massachusetts or the romney from bain or the romney from nordquist or the neocons? >> the...

right before that debate the kennedy brothers arrived to discover something weird had happened. the temperature was meat locker level. so cold they couldnt believe it, and they knew why. kennedys television adviser went racing to the basement and found nixons guy standing watch on the thermostat. nixon had sweated in that first debate, and it cost him. this time the nixon people were intent on freezing the room so cold that nixon couldnt sweat at all. well, after a standoff in that bas...

Scott pelley interviewed mitt romney and steve krup interviewed president obama. take a look at their competing visions for the government, what we should be doing in the federal government. >> making government smaller, dont build these massive deficits that pass debt onto our kids. rebuild the foundation of americas strength with great homes, great schools, with entrepreneurship and innovation. >> theres no bigger purpose right now than making sure that if people work hard in this country, the...