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It is difficult to believe that the same course would not have been followed if john kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963. do we know what kennedy would have done if he had lived? >> there is evidence to suggest that he never would have done what lyndon johnson did in vietnam. >> this nation will keep its commitments from south vietnam to west berlin. >> lbj had experienced the same crisis by sitting next to kennedy. he had not come out with the same conclusions. he did not share kennedys susp...

The same course would not have been followed if john kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963. do we know what kennedy would have done if he had lived? >> there is evidence to suggest that he never would have done what lyndon johnson did in vietnam. >> this nation will keep its commitments from south vietnam to west berlin. >> lbj had experienced the same crisis by sitting next to kennedy. he had not come out with the same conclusions. he did not share kennedys suspicion of the united states milit...

Principal aides that after he is re-elect heed then he can worry about the war. if if john kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963.heed then he can about the war. if john kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963.eed then he can about the war. if john kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963.d then he can wo about the war. if john kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963. do we know what kennedy would have done if he had lived? >> there is evidence to suggest that he never would have done what lindon jo...

It is one of the most ambitious steps that any nation has taken to combat climate change, and it is going to reduce carbon emissions from the electric sector by 30%, and help us to meet the commitments that we made when i first came into office at coe pen penhagen and e the public health, and also good for the economy to create more clean energy jobs and hopefully lower the e llectricity bills f americans and the right thing to do. and this bill is going to build on the steps that we have taken ...

Power plants. its one of the most ambitious steps any nation has taken to combat climate change. it would reduce carbon emissions from our electricity sector by 30%. it will help us meet the commitments we made when i first came into office at copenhagen and it will improve our public health. its also going to be good for our economy by helping create more clean energy johns and ultimately lower electricity bills for americans. this builds on the steps weve taken over the past five years to inve...

Kind of life these five suspected terrorists, theyve been held for 12 or 13 years at gitmo. what kind of life are they going to do in doha, qatar, over the next year before theyre allowed to fly back to afghanistan and do whatever they want? >> what i can tell you is this, wolf. theres an agreement with the government of qatar as well as personal commitments from the emir of qatar to the president of the united states on the phone that these five will be very carefully monitored. there will be r...

He is also the author of leading with honor. a pleasure and honor to meet you. just so you were 24 when you were taken down, enemy fire. you were in multiple different camps for five plus years. however many years later we are here in 2014, what are your most vivid memories of that time? >> until i was captured, i was doing my training. there was fear and then there was a settling in. i have got to fall back on my training and commitments and live day to day. we would risk our lives to reach som...

Night and invited -- had been invited on the ill-fated trip. ed joins me now. our condolences i know this is a preloss to you personally and city of philadelphia to whom he had lewis katz was such a major figure and colleagues at the philadelphia inquirer and daily news. because you had a commitment to the little synagogue in south philadelphia, you could not take the trip? >> yeah, two commitments, but one was for the smallest synagogue in pennsylvania, its in a rowhouse in south philly. they h...

For asylum claims and particularly children are treated in ways that respect the vulnerabilities and protect them. those are our obligations under international law. >> and so those are both our obligations under international law. but as americans when you lay that out, it seems hard to imagine the moment we say no, those are not our obligations. >> but we signed the commitments. about two and a half years ago they came out with recommendations that said we should halt all immigration detention...

Will be out of afghanistan by the end of 2016. meanwhile we will be broadening out our anti-terrorism commitments worldwide. but with money and training not boots on the ground. we have vice chairman of kissinger associates and the author of price of liberty, paying for americas wars. gentlemen, good to see you. lets talk about first the draw down in afghanistan by 2016. sooner than people thought? do you think this is a shift in our policy? >> not really. i think the big shift is articulated by...