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democracy. the obamas making this rare return to the white house today. you see here, and meditating on the state of american democracy. >> ive always described the presidency as a relay race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. >> what we share is so much bigger than what we dont. our democracy is so much stronger than our differences. >> standard language that some are saying hits different right now with so many election deni...

Bill, when i walked into this office i felt the same sense of wonder and respect that i felt four years ago. i know you will as well. i wish you great happiness here. i never felt the loneliness some presidents described. there will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. it is very good-- its very good to give advice, im not one to give advice, but i just dont want the critics to discourage you. thats pretty classy coming from a guy who probably jus...

Thats the thing. if somebody who was just decorated combat hero is freed, the general attitude would be a lot more this is a great thing for america. its complicated talking about somebody that might have deserted. that doesnt mean you cant make the case. its tougher to make the case. a lot more to be said but we have to leave it here. our panel will join us right after this. stories that have the plit cat world talking and theres brand new video of hillary clinton weighing in on what we just ta...

Veteran and a combat hero. somebody who is popular with the troops. so he has a credibility with the men and women with the members of the armed forces. there are going to be cuts to the military. we may want to remind rush that it has caused us to have the see quester. >> if you are a republican senator and you want to do the bidding of defense contractors. you dont want to go end him. that he in his own experience in combat and as a senator believes is un-necessary are. you dont want that argu...

The military. this is more than cutting the budget. he wants to dismantle the military just like western europe did theirs. so get a defense secretary to preside over defense cuts, the result of the cuts is the dismantling of the military in order to pay for a growing welfare state. >> so inside that madness there is an interesting point. if you are going to do a defense cut it is heis helpful to have defense secretary who is a war veteran and a combat hero. somebody who is popular with the troo...

Special forces veteran and afghanistan decorated combat hero and he was a man who was passionately interested in arab culture, islamic history, and in pretty much everything to do with life. and he connected with the iraqi people in a way that iraqis told me led them to think that we adored him. iraqis literally adored this man. when i first read this story, i thought how do you manage to pull that off? and his story -- he happens to be very important in the history of the iraq war. he was the k...