We took the lead, but we have since sat back and allowed iraq to simmer. And now its coming to a boiling point. Will america be forced to step into the fray once again . And is the current leadership up to the task . Lets ask former u. S. Ambassador to the united nations, john bolt bolton. Good to see you. Thank you so much for joining us, sir. Glad to be with you. Lets talk first about the president s handling and some of his Foreign Policy decisions, whether it be syria, whether it be iraq, a lot of debate and criticism over what has occurred so far. Well, i think the theme of the president s Foreign Policy around the world, but particularly in the middle east, has been the decline of american influence, the voluntary removal of american efforts to affect whats happening. And its typified by what we see today in iraq, syria, as you mentioned. But really, across north africa and the middle east. I think were on the verge of the entire region descending into chaos, which will obviously
Finney. All even with one to go. The new nbc news wall street journal poll finds president obama and governor romney are tied among likely voters at 47 . As the two candidates head into their final debate tonight. Last month, the president led by five points. At this point in 2004, president bush and senator john kerry were also all tied up. Will this election end up favoring the incumbent as it did in 2004 . This latest poll shows both candidates have paths to victory. Governor romney has made demographic inroads. The president s lead among women is down to the lowest it has been this cycle and governor romney holds a tenpoint lead among men. The president s support among white voters is down to 36 , 7 below the share of white voters who supported him in 2008. But on the economy, the centerpiece of governor romneys campaign, voters have more confidence that the nation is on the road to recovery. 41 of voters say the country is headed in the right direction, the highest number recorded
Keep in mind, a lot of the sources are spies and for the most part spies dont like their names used. My name is richie cunningham. How you like me now how you like me now remember the time good afternoon, and we start in washington where we can observe two very different ways in which we might honor those who serve with this countrys armed forces. First, the president led a medal of honor ceremony for Staff Sergeant clinton remache whose actions during an attack helped save the lives of dozens of his comrades. And then there is the concerted effort by republicans to deny another distinguished veteran from serving his country as secretary of defense. A Senate Committee scheduled to vote on the nomination of chuck hagel tomorrow. Senator john mccain says, i will not participate in any walkout of tomorrows committee vote, which i guess is what counts for statesmanship among republicans these days, but as to whether mr. Mccain will support his onetime friend, well, that remains a bit of a
Democraticcontrolled conspiracy that you get the sense they hope involves Hillary Clinton in a way that will make it hard for her to run for president. So, darrell issa, sitting in his chairman position at that hearing, he turned toward the democratic side of the room, the side of the room where the democrats sit, and he took this picture from his vantage point. And then he tweeted out that picture from his twitter account. And the caption, as you see here, says essentially, democrats have excused themselves from the testimony of the benghazi heroes family members. And that pgnet, im assuming those are trying to highlight it for conservative media, pgnet there. Look at outrage, right . Hes saying, that not all the democratic seats are filled at this hearing. It is very, very important. Dave weigel writing at slate. Com tested Darrell Issas outrage for accuracy and noted that, yes, while there were some empty chairs on the democratic side of the room for that committee hearing, there we
Democratic side of the room, the side of the room where the democrats sit, and he took this picture from his vantage point. And then he tweeted out that picture from his twitter account. And the caption, as you see here, says essentially, democrats have excused themselves from the testimony of the benghazi heroes family members. And that pgnet, im assuming those are trying to highlight it for conservative media, pgnet there. Look at outrage, right . Hes saying, that not all the democratic seats are filled at this hearing. It is very, very important. Dave weigel writing at slate. Com tested Darrell Issas outrage for accuracy and noted that, yes, while there were some empty chairs on the democratic side of the room for that committee hearing, there were also lots and lots of empty chairs on the republican side of the room for that committee hearing. Of the 23 republicans on that committee, judging by all the empty chairs, it looks like 17 of the 23 were absent. Which does not outrage dar