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Conservative that pushed for the war in iraq. >> isnt it one of the reasons that people attack us we have troops in their counselry? >> first of all why 2000 americans got killed had little to do with saudi arabia and everything to do with osama bin laden and al-qaida. a guy running for president of the united states who is getting poll number oversimplifies the foreign policy in the time of war. of course we need adjustments. but stop helping israel and investments and cut the defense budget an...

barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values -- >> the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that states primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other...

Presidential politics, what is the likelihood that the republican nominee will spend a lot of time on foreign policy, on defense issues, going after the president who got osama bin laden? >> well, they would like to, because this has traditionally been an area of strength so the old canards are democrats are soft on security. you heard some of that empty rhetoric tonight, but the truth is the president is carrying a majority support of the american people on national security. so its not a very ...

Has some acceptance by the american public is spending on defense issues. spending on other issues isnt quite as popular these days. i think the obama administration, they will make the argument that as the draw downs in iraq and afghanistan proceed, some of that savings can be used to rotate some of the money -- move some of that money in the defense department to new projects like this one here in australia. >> there also could be the possibility of the argument being by the president that is,...

ties to the terrorist group in afghanistan. top officials have indicated this week that there is evidence that pakistans intelligence agency is supporting what is called the haqqani network and now going one step further saying they believe that the support is coming from the agencies highest ranks. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is standing by with the latest. barbara, a lot at stake right now, and what are the officials saying? >> well, wolf, pakistan is supposed to be one ...

With this program in zurich this was crazy. ive been in law enforcement my entire life, all my friends were in law enforcement. we could not have been more opposed to this. death, disease, crime, corruption, was gonna skyrocket. he said im here today to tell you, zurich is a much better place to live. citizens of zurich voted to reup on that program. >> sean: we are not going to convince each other. >> it is a good dialogue this is something that needs to be talked about in this country. >> sean...

This was crazy. ive been in law enforcement my entire life, all my friends were in law enforcement. we could not have been more opposed to this. death, disease, crime, corruption, was gonna skyrocket. he said im here today to tell you, zurich is a much better place to live. citizens of zurich voted to reup on that program. >> sean: we are not going to convince each other. >> it is a good dialogue this is something that needs to be talked about in this country. >> sean: back to my original questi...

>> i think as we have just lost john ray who is reporting right from the middle of things there. we got the gist of things and at this point at least things are peaceful in their protest and we will keep following things from bahrain today. mike mullen is leaving today for the region. the trip was scheduled months ago to discuss regional defense issues. >> if both sides can not agree, there is a real risk of a government shut down. white house correspondent joining me live from the post. mike? l...

We are responsible of bringing down the deficit. >> joining me now, norah odonnell. reducing deficits, the focus. but we also know the president does not plan to cut spending with social security or raise the retirement age. progressives happy about that, republicans likely to take a swing at it. >> reporter: no doubt about that. as you reported, tamron, weve learned here at nbc news, the president is going to propose this five-year freeze on nonsecurity discretionary spending. that will mean cu...

This is not useless, trivial users. >> first i said he was an excellent journalist on defense issues, not the iraq war. i think the majority of people named in the e-mails i quite frankly have never heard of. there are a handful of them i know of. >> when we have a two-shot like this, does it mean andy is buzzing us collectively. >> i watched him crumble under budging. you crumbled. >> you were like an apple crumble. >> she watches your show religiously. >> and not even jewish. >> zeo, you say k...