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Making statements which are clear and declarative and that certainly not in the nature of the japanese government or in the history of the japanese government, but this is a time when people want transparency and honesty and most of the people i talked to dont feel they are getting that at this point. >> not getting it. it was a weak government to begin with. this is a major credibility test. lets take a minute. we are justifiably spending most of our time looking at the nuclear emergency and tr...

And they protest the regimes that we dont particularly like and then we immediate ly decide that regime will go. when it doesnt, theres something wrong. but this is a very precarious situation in libya. we need to be careful. >> and yet the president is on the record saying regime change must happen. that is now a credibility test. is it not? >> well, even in egypt as we move forward, there were times when some including myself were saying you need to be careful in saying what should happen as o...

Country, how does that factor into the credibility test or the presidents ability to communicate with the american people? people want to, rally is not the right word. people understand this is of a magnitude that transcends politics and partisanship and -- i -- i really fear that no one really wants to apply politics. i can only tell you, been down there, not bobby, not nungesser, nobody wants to play politics with this. i am fearful it will lapse into a political fight which will be automatic ...

Lising to agencies to make a credibility test for a small bill. the american people are with us on this. we should have a strong hand. senator dodd is trying to balance -- he has a complicated job. he is trying to get a bill with enough votes to pass. you heard the president say yesterday we are going to fight against efforts to weaken this and take every opportunity to strengthen it. >> more of my interview with treasury secretary tim geithner ahead. we will talk about the bailout of wall stree...

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She repeated misstatements about the risks of getting the hpv vaccine. >> she had a consistency problem. i asked her about this at the beginning of the campaign. i said do you understand now youre running for president. she said, yes, ive made a lot of mistakes in the past. i must meet a higher credibility test. that was before a few other con throw versal statements. you make a key point. this campaign up until the final ten days, two weeks in iowa was defined by what? the debates. in june or v...

In the re-surveys. romney was up 5% against his group. cain was down just one poin. but gingrich climbed five and perry dropped four. so, people are trying to gain experience on these candidates too, as well as looking for growth experience. so this is a learning process. what are the voters learning now that theyre looking for? what do they want besides an alternative to mitt romney, at least? >> i think theyre looking for somebody that can unite the conservative wing of the party and yet also ...