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Operating procedure here, his deputy would take that kind of meeting but i was told the issue was such it could only be taken by the c.i.a. director. i learned from intelligence officials it was on thursday that the c.i.a. director asked the president if he could submit his letter of resignation for personal reasons. i was not told anything more and, today, that letter was accepted by the president. while the request was for "personal reasons" we need to lay out a couple of things that happened ...

You talk to, for instance, the afl-cio is going to not advertise very much on television this cycle and instead, theyre putting all their money into a big ground game to try and overcome these ads. its a real clash of strategies thats been caused by this emerging financial imbalance. >> you know, josh, its not entirely inappropriate that the cover story this week is about pornography because this is a version of political pornography. the vast sums of money being raised on both sides which autom...

What we have seen is a real, as we began this process of winnowing down the field, the number of undecides has reduced not only over the past month but over the past three days. ppp had a poll today that had only 11% undecided. >> that poll is one we dont put a whole lot of stock in it quite frankly. >> what we know is that the field is -- that voters are making their mind up on the field. well see as those candidates who have the best organization in the state are probably going to be those are...

We began this process of winnowing down the field, the number of undecides has reduced not only over the past month but over the past three days. ppp had a poll today that had only 11% undecided. >> that poll is one we dont put a whole lot of stock in it quite frankly. >> what we know is that the field is -- that voters are making their mind up on the field. well see as those candidates who have the best organization in the state are probably going to be those are the ones who do the best on cau...

Qaeda a safe haven in that region. keep in mind christmas day underwear bomber said to have gotten training from al qaeda and yemen and new jersey power plant worker accused of being al qaeda, this guy, was recently arrested in yemen katherine airline has more. >> we had a driving and it was -- briefing given by a senior official who overseas african affairs and said the u.s. would not provide support for the transitional federal government or tfg. >> we have not and will not be providing direct...