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The decision making process, a hundred pages with all sorts of individuals weighing in and offering their suggestions. >> because it goes through the various agencies of the u.s. government whether the state department, the pentagon, the cia, the national security council. theyre all weighing in. what to put in these talking points, what to tell members of congress, members of the house and senate intelligence committee, what to tell the american public. and so theres a treasure trove of informa...

Every step of the way. he travels a lot and completely changed his schedule so he could be there. hes done research so he could figure out how to help me with the bandages and the drains that have to happen and then we talked about, you know, this really touchy subject about how do you deal with this major change, and is it going to be okay with you. and how i feel about it and there have been some very graphic and very difficult conversations. we looked at a lot of pictures and you know, weve t...

Understanding, this monumental decision that had to be made, and you know, hes been in it every step of the way. he travels a lot and completely changed his schedule so he could be there. hes done research so he could figure out how to help me with the bandages and the drains that have to happen and then we talked about, you know, this really touchy subject about how do you deal with this major change, and is it going to be okay with you. and how i feel about it and there have been some very gra...

From the administration. i mean imagine the story on fox. if that were to happen. so thats why. and you know, this is -- we have seen from the press reports the information about attempts to seek phone records from the "associated press." and were not involved in those decisions. and we cant comment on an ongoing criminal investigation. for reasons that i think, i know maybe the question was rhetorical. i think are pretty apparent to everyone who has covered these things over the years. >> is it...

That is why. we have seen from the press reports the information about attempts to seek records from the associated press and were not involved in those decisions. we cant comment on an ongoing criminal investigation for reasons i think, maybe the question was rhetorical, but i think they are apparent to everyone who has covered these things over the years. >> is it your understanding that no one could have ordered this except for the attorney general? >> its my understanding that this is someth...

Admiral mullen reported at the press conference. we made it clear that we found that four individuals made some decisions or participated in the decision-making process, that they failed in the performance of their duties. we recommended that two should leave their posts, and that has happened. >> all right. you mentioned gregory hicks. certainly one of the big moments was when he talked about the frustration of the special forces in tripoli, when they were told to stand down. tripoli about two ...

Accelerate the decision making process. this is a big story and it calls for a big spin cycle. nbcs reporter joins us as the honorary fifth cyclist. nice to have you state side and at the table. the thought is that israel took a calculated risk. they assume that bashar al asaad is so wrapped one whats going on in his borders that he is not going to want to take on an extra enemy in israel and really retaliate in full. now, i dont know if thats going to bear out or prove true. but lets take that ...

Speak building and again insisting that the u.s. government has been in close contact with israel, as well. mike rogers says given what he described as the administrations sort of slow calculus in this situation, he said we now face the best worst situation, the best of the worst case situations right now. so what will the u.s. do going forward? the president has insisted hes trying to be prudent and deliberative about his decision making process. but interestingly, today the "new york times" no...

A cautious president obama approach this political decision-making process. politically does he need to get out front and take a stronger position on this? >> anytime the president is considering putting troops in harms way, hes got to be extremely cautious. this is not something that can be a knee-jerk decision. were already -- were in afghanistan, were still in iraq. weve got a lot of our resources already committed. so this is a big, big decision about how to move forward. >> and switching ge...

Not just the commentary but the reporting, the "new york times" taking care to not pull another judith miller this time. the "new york times" taking these claims to outside experts today who told them for their main article about this news today its not a smoking gun. the evidence that has emerged so far is suggestive of chemical attacks but not conclusive. not conclusive. imagine needing something to be conclusive before starting a war about it. how much does the bush administrations experience...