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Situation in mali, primarily, which we helped to contribute to. >> well, its similar perhaps to what happened in afghanistan. >> exactly. >> we armed the resistance there to satisfy our objectives at the time, and then that changed. so i think what weve seen is al qaeda is like a cancer. it continues to metasticize. what takes place in afghanistan, you honey to roll it back, and it moves on to africa and now mali. now we have the french in the league with the united states saying -- the african ...

Attacking of the individuals is going to strike a very strong blow to the regime on both an operational level and on a symbolic level. they have now after killing the minister of defense and the deputy have disrupted the chain and control of command structure and creating a bit of fear in the inner circle of the regime. >> thank you, ayman. folks, we just got a response in from defense secretary leon panetta. lets play that. okay. we dont have that. i think i have here some of the points that he...

Female recruits. investigators saying there have been 31 victims women who say theyve either been victims of sexual assault or misconduct by instructors, all of this happening at lackland airbase in texas over the past two years. first victim coming forward last june. 12 instructors under investigation, nine from the same squadron. molly henneberg on the story for us. the defense secretary weighing in. >> reporter: yes defense secretary panetta says hes very concerned. he says recruits are vulne...

Reports of sexual assault of female recruits and investigators saying there were 31 victims, women in basic training who say they have either been the victims of sexual assault or sexual misconduct by the instructors, all allegedly happening at lackland airbase in texas the past few years and the first victim coming forward, last june, now, 12 instructs tors, under investigation, 9 from the same squadron, molly henneberg on the story for us in washington, d.c. and the defense secretary weighing ...

>> they believe all 31 of female victims are still in the air force but basic training instructor, twel of them are involved. one of twel men, an air force staff sergeant is facing 28 charges, ranging from aggravated sexual conduct to rape. its where all air force recruits have to report for basic training. leon panetta recruits are very vulnerable during the training and military leadership has to make sure instructors, quote, dont take advantage of that situation. >> the command structure from...

house? "outfront" tonight, maegan carberry, former communications director of rock the vote. alice stewart is a republican strategist. and michelle goldberg is a senior writer for "newsweek" and the daily beast. lets start with you. whats your sense of how much of this is coincidence with president obama being president and how much of it hes able to take credit for? >> im sure he can take credit for a lot of it. but whats really important is that voters dont hang on every single numbe...

house? "outfront" tonight, maegan carberry, former communications director of rock the vote. alice stewart is a republican strategist. and michelle goldberg is a senior writer for "newsweek" and the daily beast. lets start with you. whats your sense of how much of this is coincidence with president obama being president and how much of it hes able to take credit for? >> im sure he can take credit for a lot of it. but whats really important is that voters dont hang on every single numbe...

>> stakes are high in keeping his government alive and in power. i think he believes he can get away with violating the cease fire. and thats what he has done. and i dont see anybody who is going to contest him on this. >> what concerns do you have at this moment about groups like al-qaida and other terrorist organization and taking advantage of thuation and mobilizing it. >> the facts are hard to establish on the ground and i dont doubt that the assad government is creating the bombing incident...

atlanta, and police believe he will strike again. this is what he is believed to look like. in a sketch the victims helped the police create. this man is suspected of dragging one woman at gunpoint right off her front porch and then throwing her in the trunk of his car. she escaped by clawing her way through the liner, struggling with the latch, and theb jumping out of the trunk as the car was speeding away. the would-be kidnapper struck again just about 20 minutes later. grabbing and ...

Told leon panetta to make finding bin laden his to priority. this guy dismantled the bin laden unit. >> i dont know where he is. i just dont spend that much time on it. we hasnt heard much from him. i wouldnt necessarily say hes at the center of any command structure. again, i dont know where he is. i repeat what i said. i am not that concerned about him. >> history will prove george w. bush took his eye off the ball. six months after the attack bush had thrown in the towel on finding him. bush ...