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November 16, 2013
Forward? >> you used a word "confidence." what you have right now is the miles per hour people believe washington is making promises it cannot keep. they feel that all institutions who are supposed to keep this country together, that they are all failing. they are making commitments, they cannot afford them or produce them. the frustration of the american people over obamacare is they did not want it, they did not need it. they cannot afford it. they cannot get it. all these challenges have now ...
November 11, 2013
>> well, you were encouraging me to run for president. i think her -- >> i think people have backed out of more constraining commitments. barack obama on "meet the press" in 2005 was asked by will you be a candidate in 2008? he said i will not be. im sure she would say -- >> this is the cover story in the "the new republic" that you wrote, hillarys nightmare does she have -- barack obama, he was unknown, and he challenged hillary clinton, and he got the democratic presidential nomination. does s...
November 7, 2013
Moments ago in his daily briefing white house secretary jay carney commented on the current p5 plus 1 talks with iran. here is a little bit about what he had to say. >> in exchange for concrete verifiable measures to address p5 plus 1 concerns during the first step p5 plus 1 would consider limited, targeted, reversible relief that does not affect core sanctions architecture. that core sanctions actexture would remain um theres comprehensive ver viable agreement that addresses concerns. if iran d...
October 31, 2013
Double this year than it was last year and higher than at any time since 2000. in may 1,000 people killed in iraq. real questions maliki has to answer. can we count on you? will you philadelphia the commitments you made to us unlike you have in the past? >> hell be meeting with the president. the president is about to speak. its one of those moments we may get interrupted. let me quickly squu about the nsa spying controversy. weve confirmed "washington post," u.s. and brits are collecting vast t...
October 28, 2013
Whether its massive data mining or surveillance of allies or, in your cases, black sites or enhanced interrogation techniques, what others believe to be torture. how do you make cost/benefit analysis that this ultimately not just in the short term, but the long term, will save more american lives than it risks costing? >> well, the way -- lets take some of the programs we have talked about and have become public such as the terrorist surveillance program that we set up right after 9/11, or the e...
October 21, 2013
For a period of time, and thats kind of like saying were going to raise the legal limit for blood alcohol, thinking were going to control drunk driving. were drunk up there in terms of spending money. and we can keep commitments, but we cant keep commitments if we continue to spend money on things that we shouldnt be spending money on. >> senator coburn, quick follow-up. how much of a reckoning for the republican party has been experienced this week because of going up against the debt default l...
October 21, 2013
Much of conversation there was, hey, if you guys take this, well let you off the hook if anything goes bad. it appears there were some conversations but no commitments. fast forward to 2013. attorney attorney and he says -- attorney general eric holder air says you will be responsible for the since of these banks. i dont know there is much precedent in american history for this. it creates some interesting questions going forward whether banks will respond to the governments request to rescue tr...
October 17, 2013
The government shutdown this week, theres been two rounds of new negotiations that the united states has been a part of in geneva with iran, and just want to give you one headline from this. the associated press, this is their headline: white house, irans nuclear proposal very useful. the headlines coming out of this meeting very positive. john bolton is a fox news contributor and joins us now. thats a little background, interesting to hear senator rubio talk a little bit about what iran can and...
October 17, 2013
Active duty u.s. military personnel as we as civilian workers. we heard from the defense secretary, chuck hagel. >> people have to have some confidence that they have a job, that they can rely on. i know there are no guarantees in life, but we cant continue to do this to our people. having them live under this cloud of uncertainty. our allies are asking questions, can we rely on our partnership with america? will america fulfill its commitments and its promises? these are huge issues for all of ...
October 16, 2013
World. we can obviously pay our debts. this has to do entirely with the government -- the governing ability for the united states to fulfill commitments and pay what it owes creditors and bills overall. what fich is saying, here is a warning, here is a yellow warning light thats flashing like 2011. a warning light investors you may not be paid. there is a possibility you are not going to be and sophisticated investors already know there is a sort of lease hanging over the economy. >> if congress...