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Them without much regard for the effects of their strategies on hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. so intelligence unleashed to manipulate and take advantage of our other people is a menace. and thats what we saw. >> now, you know, i know part of your work, youre suggesting, to move in the right direction, we need to celebrate moral heroes in various workplaces or contexts. one thing that occurred to me this week that really captured that was, i dont know if you followed judge rak...

Relationship with bahrain, iran. our support for hosni mubarak. the people who overthrew hosni mubar mubarak. is there a way we should understand in what way the united states will get involved in on flikts abroad? how does our government now decide that? >> first of all, rachel, each of these situations is obvious lly different, not just within the middle east in context of the arab spring but around the world where the same question pertains. weve been very consistent in adhering to some botto...

Language which is reminiscent of genocides weve heard in other contexts. we knew he had the ability, and was ready and on the doorstep to do it and had the history of doing it. at the same time we had the arab league, the countries of the region, as well as the people of libya literally begging the international community to intervene. we were able to get clear cut international authorization through the united nations security council for collective action to protect civilians. and we were able...

Now, how we do that in different contexts, obviously, has varied, according to what we think will be most effective and desirable in that particular context. so in some places like iran and libya, weve employed tough sanctions. in some places, we have used real strong diplomatic efforts to try to affect the situation. yemen is an example of that. in other places weve been very forthright in saying leaders have to go. as we have in syria, as we ultimately did in egypt. in the case of libya, which...

In egypt, our support for hosni mubarak. is there a way we should understand in what way the united states will get involved in conflicts abroad? how does our government now decide that? >> first of all, rachel, each of these situations is obviously different, not just within the middle east in context of the arab spring but around the world where the same question pertains. weve been very consistent in adhering to some bottom line core principles. we will stand up for people who seek to assert ...

House to house and kill his people like rats. language which is reminiscent of j genocides weve heard in other contexts. we knew he had the ability, and was ready and on the doorstep to do it and had the history of doing it. at the same time we had the arab league, the countries of the region, as well as the people of libya literally begging the international community to intervene. we were able to get clear cut international authorization through the united nations security council for collecti...

Language which is reminiscent of genocides weve heard in other contexts. we knew he had the ability, and was ready and on the doorstep to do it and had the history of doing it. at the same time we had the arab league, the countries of the region, as well as the people of libya literally begging the international community to intervene. we were able to get clear cut international authorization through the united nations security council for collective action to protect civilians. and we were able...

Deeply, they feel vulnerable, they feel adversely affected by it. ive been looking at this worldwide riots that are developing. theyre all a reflection of deep passion, deep resentment, and fear. the question is, where will this go? how can this be concretizeconcr? and one thought that has occurred to me and let me mention it casually without having thought it through systemically. i think it will be increasingly helpful if there was a movement to publish worldwide lists of people who make large...

This really a strategic decision by iranian leadership to go after saudi arabia first and foremost and in the process go after the united states as well. jenna: lets take off from that point you rightly raised about the speculation about this plan. bob bear, former cia case officer to the middle east, a frequent guest on our show he said this to "the washington post" today. there was a sloppiness about the case that defies belief. the kuds are better than this. if they wanted to come after you w...

20s, what about the men? the women coming of age now getting out of college, for the first time in history, will come with more ambition, more education, more achievement than the men. we have reversed things, for example, in education. 1970, 60% of our college graduates were men. now 62% are women. its good for the women. we said go, girl, go, and they went and they have done great. but theres been a problem with the men. fatherlessness, lack of conviction, seriousness. they are living with the...