Page 258 - Decision Maker News Today

his energy plans, his jobs plan, the first stage he has been attacked and criticized for not having a plan and hes bringing it out today. he was on "american morning" an hour and a half ago and one of the highlights i thought was the comment about his wife. in south carolina making some interesting comments. take a listen to what she said and what he said this morning. >> it has been a rough month. we have been brutalized, by the press and brutalized by our opponents and our party. >> ...

im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." were also awaiting a statement by the secretary of state hillary clinton. shes about to make a statement on all of the breaking news. an alleged terror plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. the justice department says iranian agents were seeking help from a purported mexican drug cartel to carry out the killing and the fbi and the dea busted the plot wide open. the attorney general of the united states, eric holde...

Then he backed off of that. he made some real missteps in talking about the middle east. then has been open about saying i have got to be honest. i didnt know that much about it. im studying up. im not a career politician but im honest and i can fix the job situation. to what extent does that play in here? >> he did make some missteps and a lot of us took him to task for it. but what we need in the white house is a good decision maker. the president has shown his inability to make decisions. if ...

Head now where did this originate? where did it go south so we can do the reform. >> i couldnt agree with you more. i call this felony stupid at any level that thought it was a good idea. ultimately you are right we need get to the top decision maker because that american is dangerous for having this -- that person is dangerous for having this thought being an acceptable program. where did the safeguards break down? in iran-contra we had ollie north who went through excruciating detail of how pr...

Quiet, behind-the-scenes conversations with the pakistanis to try and get it back on track. >> eric: it may be behind the scenes but the parliament passes the resolution saying no more drone attacks. i mean, how real do you think it really is? >> i dont think it is real. i dont think the pakistani parliament is this real decision maker and i think it is the military and i think that is where we have to grit our teeth and work it through. we have critical strategic interests in pakistan, we dont ...

Bold at an operational level even as he remains cautious at philosophical level. his pro-clivty to weigh facts and alternatives does not lead to the paralysis of analysis. it can also end in daring action tempered by prudence. as one of his closest aides told me long ago interthere is inside a tough, even hard man. obama is not reluctant to use american military power. >> three things true about him i figured out after meeting him. hes tough. he does not think about politics ahead of policy almo...

>> i would like, if you can, to put your head into the white house yesterday morning it was when obama took that situation. you been in that position where youve sent troops into a dangerous situation like that where anything can happen. just talk me through the mindset when you do that. >> its probably one of the toughest parts of leadership. its a decision in the end that youve got to take. i mean, at that point, the seat of the decision maker is a pretty lonely one. and there will, of course,...

Began to wonder whether it would. but i think what this shows, in a sense, a really important thing that comes out of it is people knowing however long it takes and however difficult, however challenging, however many on stack. s -- obstacles there are in the way, justice will be brought eventually. >> i would like, if you can, to put your head into the white house yesterday morning it was when obama took that situation. you been in that position where youve sent troop sfwoos a dangerous situati...

There was talk from eric holder of prosecuting cia members who had gone after some of these folks. this is a very big moment for president obama in terms of showing decisive leadership and taking a very risky move in carrying out this mission. its got to be very good for them. >> absolutely. its good for america as the president properly stated, and he deserves credit. this was a very risky decision for the president to make and he rose to the occasion and the result obviously was something all ...

>> zomar is one of the men convicted. this former egyptian intelligence officer said he wanted to start an islamic revolution. in his first sit-down interview with a western tv news crew, zomar reluctantly described his role in the assassination. >> >> translator: our role was a facilitator, not a decision maker. all we did was provide the ammunition. >> reporter: he was released last month after spending nearly 30 years in prison. a crowd of supporters gave him a heros welcome. >> he think hes ...