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That they do together. clearly many of the military operations that the u.s. does around the world, whether in afghanistan or libya usually has the u.k. in support. thats one of the things the president is going to announce in his speech to parliament. its at the g-8 where the white house is hoping there is strong european support for the presidents meeftd peace plan that he laid out last week which of course has come under fire by some republicans and by the israeli prime minister. they think t...

Meeting with the president but this deal has not been signed. the president is refusing to sign the political standoff in yemen still going on adding frustration to a frustrating process. the u.s., president, president barack obama and the secretary of state, secretary of state hillary clinton, they both urged the president of yemen in the past few days to try to keep to his commitments, peaceful transition of power, the country has been going through a protest movement. hundreds of thousands of...

have mended fences today, offered reassurances to the american israel public affairs committee or aipac which describes itself as americas leading pro-israel lobby group. obama stressed his fundamental support for the jewish state. >> no country can be expected to negotiate with a terrorist organization sworn to its destruction. we will continue to demand that hamas accept the basic responsibilities of peace, including recognizing israels right to exist and recognizing -- rejecting ri ...

Sides to make difficult concessions to resolve those two other issues. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu flatly rejected president obamas idea, saying that it would leave israels borders, quote, indefensible. hes going to be able to tell that to the presidents face today when the two meet later this morning. ed henry at the white house with a preview of that. it seems this is a tough negotiating position for the president given that benjamin netanyahu has so publicly panned this idea....

Their commit to the destruction of israel. this is one in a series where we ask the israelis to make unilateral concessions in return for promises of palestinian commitments that would be commensurate and would move forward with the peace process. consistently israelis have made concessions at our insistence and there has not been any cooperation on the part of our palestinian friends. now, i think there are some good people in palestine. i think there are some who are committed to peace. the pr...

Im here. you can deal with me. you come forward, make the commitments that israel wants to hear. make it easier for me. but you have to deal now. what do you think he is saying? is he pushing it to the palestinian side by being so strong on behalf of the arab solution here which is the 67 line basically. >> chuck says there is nothing new in the speech. i totally agree with that. the idea of a 67 border and land swaps is nothing new in the administrations parlance. now thats a -- >> its the clin...

seeing the release of dominique strauss-kahn. >> thats right. in fact, were waiting for the former imf chief to walk out of jail. a judge agreed to free him on bail yesterday. thats the same day a grand jury indicted him. in order to get out of jail strauss-kahn will post bail of $1 million and a $5 million insurance bond and forced to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and guarded around the clock. >> strauss-kahn had been under suicide watch or has been and could be walking out o...

Commits in 2004, among other things, those commitments relate to israel not having a withdraw. it immediately rippled through our domestic politics as well. lets dig deeper with two veterans, my colleagues wolf blitzer and gloria borger. wolf. i dont remember a time in covering this issue, there are tensions from time to time between american presidents and israeli prime ministers. but for the prime minister to say essentially, i expect you, mr. president to take it back. >> its tough talk and i...

Our message is simple -- if you take the risks that reform entails, you will have the full support of the united states. we must also build on our efforts to broaden our engagement beyond elites so that we reach the people who will shape the future, particularly young people. we will continue to make good on the commitments that i made in cairo, to build networks of entrepreneurs and expand exchanges in education, to foster cooperation in science and technology and combat disease. across the reg...

Role america will play as this story unfolds. for decades, the united states has pursued a set of core interests in the region. countering terrorism and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, securing the free flow of commerce and safeguarding the security of the region, standing up for israels security and pursuing arab-israeli peace. we will continue to do these things with a firm belief that americas interests are not hostile to peoples hopes, theyre essential to them. we believe that no one...