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If the economy improves, is his reelection a lock? the u.s. closing its embassy in syria effective immediately, all personnel being removed because of ongoing violence, and americans are asked to leave the country for their own security. and the husband of a utah mother missing for more than two years kills himself and their two sons by blowing up their home. were the boys actually remembering damaging details? well take a look at that. richard? >> thanks, thomas. the military is changing ...

says, dont count me out. yes, today is super bowl sunday. 111 million viewers will be glued to the tv tonight. will you? also, 111 million viewers are snacking. can you guess the top three foods that go hand in hand with the fwam? well tell you about them. we start with mitt romney. he is waking up a very happy man this morning, you could say. the republican presidential candidate is the winner of the nevada caucuses. it was predicted yesterday. 43% of the vote, he got. romney is leadi...

Thats kind of where things end. its sad, and obviously it could have stopped this whole tragedy from happening. but thats -- thats the law. thats the way it works. >> thats really messed up. >> its sad. well, we reported yesterday about an earlier withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. now we are learning that the defense secretary may have jumped the gun. about 68,000 troops will remain there next summer. but they will transition from a combat role to a support role. the transition would...

Beginning next year. senators kyl, mccain and others pushing for a pay freeze on federal workers and cuts to the governments workforce. the white house is dismissing the idea. israels defense minister says consensus is growing that military options against iran may need to be considered if diplomacy and sanctions fail. all options should be on the table to stop irans nuclear program. now back to "hardball." we are back. the end to an unpopular war seems to be a little closer in view. secreta...

"superstition." you knew that, though. >> i know all that, soledad. >> he lives it, yes, he does. >> superstitious dude. >> we begin this northemorning iran. defense secretary leon panetta says there is a growing likelihood, quote, that israel will attack iran this spring and try to destroy its suspected nuclear program. israeli defense minister ehud barak said this, quoek, iran must be prevent fred becoming nuclear and no option should be taken off the table. lets get right to barbara...

Defense secretary leon panetta says the u.s. and its nato partners plan to end their combat role there by late next year. an unknown number of troops will remain through 2014 to support afghan forces and the u.s. will need to provide afghan with financial aid to keep the taliban from regaining control of the country. a socky riot in egypt leaves at least 74 dead and 1,000 injured. fans rushed the field in the city of port sayed. many of the dead fell from the beleapers, after fist fights and a s...

Democracies around the world. the decade-long war in afghanistan, defense secretary lee on panetta told reporters on the press plane that the combat mission may end a ye o the latte part of 2013 well be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training advice and assist role. now panetta is attending a meeting of nato defense ministers and the comments come a day after a report was leaked to the press suggesting that the talibans morale in afghanistan remains xpleextremely high. they sa...

Role -- advise and assist role. its not going to be a kind of formal combat role that we are now. he did say hope, but it still had some analysts scratching their heads. >> it seems to me that our government is at odds with itself in a sense that senior commanders in afghanistan and also general are under the clear impression that 2013 is a fighting seizing for them, with full combat operations and not a training support mission only. >> bret: jack keane, were back with the pam. what about this?...

Panetta said the expected troop drawdown will happened by end of next year. the previous plan was to wind down operations by the end of 2014. panetta trade our goal was to complete the transition and then hopefully by mid to end of 2014 to well be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training advise and assist role. any changes should be court nated with allies. lawmakers are clearly not happy about this proposal including senator lindsey graham, republican from south carolina. >> i...

>> lets get right to the headlines. u.s. militarys 10-year long combat mission in afghanistan could be ending sooner than expected. defense secretary leon panetta says the u.s. and their nato partners plan to wrap up their combat role there by late next year. did anyone tell the generals? some troops will stay through 2014 to support and train afghan forces. panetta says the u.s. will need to give afghanistan financial aid to keep the taliban from regaining control of the country. so much extra ...