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Lack of american leadership. why are the french and british the ones taking the lead in this? to give us cover in the arab world. >> i think president obama is using that as an excuse, but, i dont think anybody in the arab world has the slightest doubt that if the real muscle is needed here, as we see in the opening, 2$24 hours, it is bein trillioned by the united states. i mean, i think the presidents really being kind of patronizing to the arab world if he thinks they dont understand what the ...

Counsel has been fired is vitally important to do. >> all right. it is. so how much do you think the focus is with iraqi officials trying to do diplomacy work here versus fourth of july weekend with the troops? you know that the troops over there have got to appreciate having the vice president there. >> oh, yeah. its much more the former now. i mean, yeah, they like to have anybody in the national command authority, anybody in the chain of command to come down and demonstrate solidarity with th...

To follow the ordinance in which case youre not allowed to do it. >> jack, i have to interrupt you because this intelligence that were getting now from the associated press indicates that general mcchrystal has left the white house period before the war planning meeting. if hes not coming back and hes not going into that room as scheduled, hes gone, right? >> the fact that hes gone, he went up the chain of command. he met with general petraeus before he left southwest asia who is his immediate b...

Case, its in a very preliminary stage. its called an article 32 proceeding. there is an investigation going on, and what he is trying to do, the defense attorney, he is trying to get this thing pulled out of the military system by demonstrating unfairness and demonstrating they cannot handle the case properly, so he is publicly attacking the investigating officer in the case. we dont have a judge involved in the case yet. this is a preliminary investigation to decide whether there will be a gene...

Constitution and the federal statutes only allow the chairman on military affairs. he is no command authority whatsoever. >> tucker: because he was not elected by anyone. that is how our system works. power vested in the people who elected them. that is how democracy -- its not that complicated. if hes trying to prevent you from getting the job, as it happens, that is so far outside what we call i guess democratic norms. i dont know why no one has said anything about it. >> youre totally right a...

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This executive order president ford issued about assassination. that executive order is a lot -- has a lot more loopholes than people realize and, in any event, muammar qaddafi is a legitimate military target, and he is the apex of what our pentagon calls national command authority. and, that makes him a target and, lets be clear, just as the president of the united states is commander-in-chief of our armed forces, hes a legitimate military target, too. so, people shouldnt get hung up in sman st...