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Arrogance i thought it was extremely arrogant performance by general millie who served this country for four decades in uniform, incredible service, for him to go up there and take on the role of a debating partner with members of congress doing their constitutional oversight, is that his role? >> we havent had any accountability for senior officers in the last 30 years, when is the last time we actively removed the senior officer for failure to perform his duty in the field? we havent had it. w...

Extremely eric and performance by the general who served this for four decades, incredible service. for him to go up there and take on the role of a debating partner with members of congress who are doing their constitutional oversight, is that his role? >> laura, we havent had any accountability for senior officers in the last 30 years. one is the last time we actively removed a senior officer for failure to promote his duty in the field? we havent had it. and the eagerness to be promoted they ...

Appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much for joining me. >> my pleasure. coming up, former governor of rhode island lincoln chafee made a big announcement today that not one political pundit predicted. unless gene robinson did on a secret note to himself. he is the former governor, hes officially exploring a run for the democratic presidential nomination. hillary clinton might finally have a debating partner. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for o...

Exciting, it was fact-oriented. it had very smart people as guests. people tuned in because they learned something. not, they didnt just learn conservative talking points or liberal talking points. they watched interesting smart people try to understand what america should be doing. i have hopes and i think that with stephanie as a debating partner, if you will, its going to be a lot of fun. think we can recreate the original "crossfire" sense, that this is the place to be if you want to hear pe...

We need something thats going to shake this up and thats where this came from. >> lets listen to the vice presidents welcome to his new debating partner in the campaign, joe biden. >> congressman ryan has given definition to the vague commitments that romneys been making. whats gutsy about giving millionaires another tax break? whats gutsy about gutting medicare, medicaid, education? whats gutsy? ladies and gentlemen, weve seen this movie before. and we know how it ends. >> howard dean, its goin...

Months, and ryan may not either, but hes a gamble. the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward or the bigger punishment, but i think theyre looking at that. we need something thats going to shake this up and thats where this came from. >> lets listen to the vice presidents welcome to his new debating partner in the campaign, joe biden. >> congressman ryan has given definition to the vague commitments that romneys been making. whats gutsy about giving millionaires another tax break? whats gutsy ab...

Fair enough, but selling. >> yeah, but you cant win the presidency just by saying im not the guy whos in office now. maybe you can if youre a very talented politics, but i dont think romney is that politician. he cant really -- >> hes not as smart as richard nixon. >> no, hes not. hes going to have to stand on a stage with barack obama and he cant keep repeating these platitudes about ive got a long-term plan. it wont wash. >> okay, thank you. the newly more youthful looking michael steele. than...

Kind of job the presidents doing. so this guy hasnt passed muster in terms of a winning personality because he doesnt talk about anything that means anything to people yet. fair enough, thats selling. >> yeah, but you cant win the presidency just by saying im not the guy whos in office now. maybe you can if youre a very talented politics, but i dont think romney is that politician. i dont think romney is that politician. he cant really -- do that. >> hes not as smart as richard nixon. >> no, hes...

from the presidential election and at a turning point in the campaign. considered a boxing match, today was the day political equivalent of when the referee brings the fighters into the middle and says, shake hands, come out fighting. the president phoned mitt romney congratulating him on clinching the republican nomination. governor romney went over the top in delegates last night. both campaigns described the conversation as cordial and brief. gloria borger is here as we start the co...

And basically decided to throw my hat in the ring. >> uh-huh. you were one of the guys who made sure that thing didnt blow up. and, you know, hundreds of people, its been estimated. could have been killed with that. if you were elected to congress, do you want to be involved in terrorism? >> well, ill tell you, absolutely, i would love to be on the homeland committee, i think representative king from long island would be someone i would love to work with in congress. >> i think he does a good jo...