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And the economy, but with a strong military presence and a lot of veterans there are also those worried about national security. >> always for me, yeah, im a veteran so, yeah, yes, absolutely. >> reporter: what is your decision-making process going to be? >> im totally undecided. i cant answer that to be honest with you. its all going to play out -- i dont know i cant answer that. >> reporter: have you made up your mind about the election? >> i have not. i think that they both -- i think both of...

Him. i mean, we love dan senor, but dan hasnt been secretary of state or hasnt been national security adviser, wasnt at the top echelons of decision-making process. and dan one day will be one of these people. but he just doesnt have a lot of serious foreign policy thinkers around him. >> and he doesnt have a big background in foreign policy. he does have the time he spent working on his book, and he does have instincts that are in some ways different than the president. but as peggys suggesting...

So come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together well go far. i think i know how mitt romney will approach foreign policy. he will be very cautious. he will think about americas interest first. he will apply a decision-making process that relies very heavily on facts and he will distrust the state department. >> that expert on foreign policy and the state department had no idea who the ambassador to libya was before chris stevens was killed on the job. republicans like newt gin...

Framed the conversation in the beginning was teach me how to be president. lets pretend in 30 minutes youre going, im replacing you, what do i need to know. it became clear that i think about this as a decision-making job. i had to create an environment if i was going to be a good president where i maximize the likelihood the decision is a good one. i wanted to find a decision that had his fingerprints all over it. and oddly when you go into domestic policy its a poor place to explore that becau...

Libya, how he took the decision-making process from yes or no on a no-fly zone. >> so these decision are thrust upon him. he is presented with a situation. gadhafi is marching through the desert promising to exterminate a city of people. a million or so people in benghazi. a genocide is probably about to happen. the french and british are proposing to establish a no-fly zone. obama has a meeting with his senior advisors in the pentagon to discuss what to do, how to respond to the french proposal...

And his mind leading to a result. >> you document in great detail how he made the decision about libya, how he took the decision-making process from yes or no on a no-fly zone. >> so these decision are thrust upon him. he is presented with a situation. gadhafi is marching through the desert promising to exterminate a city of people. a million or so people in benghazi. a genocide is probably about to happen. the french and british are proposing to establish a no-fly zone. obama has a meeting with...

Hes just trying to gin stuff up so we dont pay attention to iraq. >> kurt, speaking of iraq, one of the things that im still trying to figure out is how exactly and why exactly we ended up going to war with iraq. can you take us behind the scenes in that decision-making process? >> the decision-making process was really ugly. there are a few things that come out in "500 days." one is that the defense intelligence agency did an assessment of our intelligence on iraq and concluded that it was terr...

For more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com >> sean: we continue with my exclusive interview with former vice-president dick cheney. you were a big part of the decision-making process for... candidate bush, then president bush, for v.p. >> uh-huh. >> sean: interesting story. you told us once before how you and karl rove went before then governor bush and both explained why you shouldnt be the choice. >> exactly. >> sean: and i think its one of the best stories i think i have heard in po...

About the founders and reading the austrians and others that this is really a cancer because it basically takes the notion that our rights come from god and nature, and turns it on its head and says no, no, no, they come from government, and we here in government are here to give you your rights and ration, redistribute, and regulate your rights. >> that is a priceless piece of audio. progressivism is a cancer. now, if youre watching tonight and youre a liberal and you watch "the ed show," you k...

This is really a cancer because it basically takes the notion that our rights come from god and nature, and turns it on its head and says no, no, no, they come from government, and we here in government are here to give you your rights and ration, redistribute, and regulate your rights. >> that is a priceless piece of audio. progressivism is a cancer. now, if youre watching tonight and youre a liberal and you watch "the ed show," you know who i am. im a lefty. im not a cancer on america. i work ...