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Intended to contribute to orderly and timely decision-making process. admiral mike mullen emphasized there has been a great deal of focus on the iraq issue. >> we in the pentagon plan for contingencies all the time. so certainly, that, you know, that there are options which exist shouldnt surprise anybody. >> reporter: on "fox news sunday," john mccain said the secretarys concerns did not surprise him. >> i didnt need a secret memo from mr. gates to ascertain that. we do not have a coherent poli...

His denial said instead no, the memo presented a number of questions that contribute to timely decision-making process. well, if you are contributing to a timely process, it implies that the process right now is not. time is running. you are essentially treading water and achieving nothing. what do you need? you need a wake-up call. in fact, this is a man who brilliantly disguised the fact he was making a wake-up call. because unless there is a third contingency and he is the secretary of defens...

Little bit today. he says "the new york times" sources who revealed my january memo mischaracterized its purpose and content. memo is not intended as a wake-up call or received as such by the presidents national security team. rather, it presented a number of questions and proposals and tended to contribute to an orderly and timely decision-making process. it seems as though -- go ahead. >> i was going to say this reminds me of something that had to do with iran in a memo that was leaked back du...

Megyn: hey, everybody, im megyn kelly. bill clinton in a dust up with rush limb pawg and the tea partiers. plus, the ed that the democrats could be facing a bloodbath at the polls come november. doug schoen joins us on how they can avoid that. and howard stern versus jay leno. can the king of all media sue the late night host for ripping off sterns ideas? kellys court takes that one on. it all starts top of the hour. jane: defense secretary gates firing back at "the new york times," he claims th...

Foreign policy council, also the author of the book "tehran rising: irans challenge to the united states." good to see you. if this wasnt a wake-up call, what was it? >> well, i think secretary gates comments were exactly right. it was to contribute to the orderly and timely decision-making process which suggests that the decision-making process so far really hasnt been orderly or timely at all. and, in fact, over the last year and a quarter the obama administration has pursued what it calls eng...

Proposals intended to contribute to an orderly and timely decision-making process. there should be no confusion, by our allies, and adversaries, that the u.s. is properly and energetically focused on this question an prepared to act across a broad range of contingencies in support of our interests. >> juliet: our top military commander said military options exist, to delay irans nuclear ambitions, though as a last option. and admiral mike mullens comments coming minutes ago at columbia universit...

Gates blasts the new york times sources who released a january memo he sent to the national security advisor. gates says the story twisted the purpose and content of his top secret memo written after iran blew past a deadline for diplomatic talks and the memo was meant to identify the next steps in the u.s. defense planning process related to iran and the memo was not intended as a wakeup call or received as such by the presidents national security team, rather, it he be presented a number of qu...

And its interly unnecessar unnecessary -- entirely unnecessary. >> bret: thompson, illinois, they are looking at it. juan, do you think there is doubt in the presidents mind about the decision? when off democrat can like chuck schumer out there saying what he said, there are others. that doesnt really play well for the decision-making process on this issue, right? >> no. but you see there is a dynamic behind what is going on here, bret, which is this. the administration feels they are being unfa...

Expense. and its interly unnecessar unnecessary -- entirely unnecessary. >> bret: thompson, illinois, they are looking at it. juan, do you think there is doubt in the presidents mind about the decision? when off democrat can like chuck schumer out there saying what he said, there are others. that doesnt really play well for the decision-making process on this issue, right? >> no. but you see there is a dynamic behind what is going on here, bret, which is this. the administration feels they are b...

>> no doubt. i tell my jewish friends nobody would be able to under israels decision-making process without understanding the holocaust and how profound it is to the israeli leaders to prevent inill legislation. if reliable information comes theyre too close to a bomb. if iran gets too close to a bomb, netanyahu said that but any prime minister would order a strike, knowing it would have consequences. >> there was a report if january intelligence determined within a year iran would be building a...