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Perception is not that secretary vilsack made an honest mistake like you did. and -- >> why not? we both made the same mistakes. >> hes the decision maker. >> but hes running around like im running around. hes in ohio. somebody calls him and says this woman said this. he doesnt know who the woman is. im going to cut him a little slack. ill going to say he did exactly what i did. >> cut him all the slack you want. i wont. i think number one, he fired her on instructions from the white house becau...

Vilsack made an honest mistake like you did. and -- >> why not? we both made the same mistakes. >> hes the decision maker. >> but hes running around like im running around. hes in ohio. somebody calls him and says this woman said this. he doesnt know who the woman is. im going to cut him a little slack. ill going to say he did exactly what i did. >> cut him all the slack you want. i wont. i think number one, he fired her on instructions from the white house because they wanted to stop fox news f...

Vilsack made an honest mistake like you did. and -- >> why not? we both made the same mistakes. >> hes the decision maker. >> but hes running around like im running around. hes in ohio. somebody calls him and says this woman said this. he doesnt know who the woman is. im going to cut him a little slack. ill going to say he did exactly what i did. >> cut him all the slack you want. i wont. i think number one, he fired her on instructions from the white house because they wanted to stop fox news f...

Asked about some of the points raised in this "the washington post" series. >> talk about it. because i think certainly people are not surprised that the intelligence organization has grown so large but is sense is its so large it cant be handled, that so much information that its become almost useless. >> it is the thesis story of no one government agency or person that knows who big it is and so much duplication "the washington post" says that some people are doing that theres no coordination,...

Single decision involving a single person. the gulf is a mess and resembles afghanistan in being a really hard problem which the federal government has a remarkably bad track record as dealing with. >> no kidding. no speaker, you mentioned it was a single decision. we got a graphic over there talking about the commander in chiefs decision making, the perception of whether or not hes a decisive decision maker. as you can see back in july of 2009, america said by 57%, hes a very decisive guy and n...

>> reporter: tony hayward sworn to give -- >> the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> reporter: but what he gave lawmakers was a lot of this. >> i wasnt the decision maker, had no prior knowledge or involvement in the drilling of this well. i wasnt involved in any of the decision making. >> reporter: this investigative committees goal, get more information about crucial decisions leading up to deepwater horizons explosion that lawmakers say show bp putting profit ahead of safety...

Theyre doing something about terrorism. off? what purpose is being served by this move? jon writes, i personally feel the question not even be asking, the individual in the recent times square incident no doubt should be zstripped of his citizenship as well as the rights afforded by it. whos going to be the ultimate decision maker when it comes to stripping citizenship? involved in terrorism or suspected of terrorism? seems like a world of difference to me. i guess we texans arent the only ones ...

Crist is leading. he had a five-point lead. so that was a logical decision maker and for crist, the governors had a long legislative session and found himself under fire and sees this as an opportunity to split the difference so he turns this florida u.s. senate race absolutely upside down. for the next several days and weeks, well see a lot of transition. you said some of crists staffers might leave. i think you can expect most or all to be replaced. rear rocketing down i-275, alligator alley t...

Society, and you have barack obama who totally ignores the limits of the government. >> where is he dismissing the constitution as obsolete and irrelevant. >> go back to the health care debate. does congress have the right to weigh in? it is an issue worth discussing. >> well, so many presidents have talked about it and for seven presidents they failed to get it passed, but they talked about it. >> right. but does the government have the right to take it over and shut out the private sector. >> ...

On trial in civilian courts. has that-- is that being driven by the press? >> well, its got a ton of coverage. i dont think theres ever been a venue issue in federal court with quite the coverage. ive noticed as the coverage has gone along, jon, the american people may be getting a little more mature about this. we understand eventually that you know, we want to do the smart stuff to protect us, but frankly there probably isnt anything the government can do to protect us from every single threat...