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Politics is binary. people win and lose elections. legislation passes or doesnt pass. foreign policy often what youre doing is nuance and trying to prevent something worse from happening. it doesnt translate well into a political environment many times. >> i mean, howard, is the other issue that there is no way to sort of have a kind of big moment that the american people can grasp as sort of definitive, right, the way the killing of osama bin laden was definitive, a win. you have a country that...

And at the same time, we see putin has some choices ahead of them, whether he sort of stops where he is now, or whether he impose into other eastern parts of ukraine. and so, i think these sanctions were designed, even even if t g oligarchs are laughing in moscow, to get tighter if putin goes farther. its a tremendous balancing act. this is the problem with foreign policy. you know, theyre talking about foreign policy in a political context. politics is binary. people win and lose elections. leg...

On whether or not she will sign the bill. sb 1062 as its known would clearly and for the first time in arizona spell out that a business may discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. interestingly, the question now about that bill seems to be less about will she or wont she sign it and more about why hasnt she decided yet? because momentum seems to be on the side of the bills critics who are actually kind of bipartisan on this one. secretary of state john kerry told my colleague andrea mi...

Republicans are concerned, not only about where to find the savings, but also that democrats are leading them down a road so if it doesnt pass, it can be used politically going forward and taking, you know, attention away from the issues that republicans want to hammer home, like obamacare and that kind of thing. i think on the other side, though, democrats and the white house are saying were going to keep hitting on this because its so important, not just to the long-term unemployed, but to the...

Fall just short but a number of republicans says, lets continue the conversation. we want to do this, but we want to find a way to pay for it. todays the opening chapter of what is going to be a yearlong debate. its a good start to the election year. >> and you talk about the year-long debate. this does seem to be setting the agenda as democrats will be making this a central issue. do democrats seem to think this is a win-win on this vote? lets be honest, then they think they can blame republica...

Even if i personally want the budget to pass, i dont need to go out and vote for it myself. i certainly think thats what mitch mcconnell is up to. he has a strong primary challenge from the right. he cant afford to associate himself with this budget. i think thats why unlike john boehner hes not voting for it and whipping for it. id be shocked if this doesnt pass the senate. >> there is a bigger picture to all of this which is sort of what all the fuss is about, which is this budget deal. heres ...

It looks to me the majority of republicans in the senate are poised not to support it. i know there are some i have read in the paper that are looking to support it. some names we have seen surfacing are obvious and other ones are somewhat surprising that will be voting against it. the list on the republican side voting against it is a larger list. it is clear that there will be a very, very tight vote in the senate. there will probably be six or seven senators who will support it and they are c...

Domestic politics it might be the lie of the year. and you cant take away from "politifact." theyre clearly credible source. they do a good job. i happen to disagree with them. they must have ignored bashar al-assad say he wasnt killing people. didnt launch gas attacks on people. but i think that takes away, does not diminish from the power of having them come out and say this is the lie of the year. very damaging to obama administration. bill: 2009, 2010, on. valerie jarrett sent out a tweet in...

>> it does not appear very good right now because of the calendar and because of how many other things are on congresss plate. they got to get through this issue with the budget. theres the farm bill and all the implications of that and what would happen to milk prices if it doesnt pass. what im being told is conversations are still going on between speaker boehners office, white house, democrats to look at the issue how to extend benefits for people out of work the longest. where do you find th...

Bill. >> are you saying a vote against the bill is against the troops and veterans? >> i would say that a vote against senator gillebrands bill is a bad political move. i think the american people are watching. >> do you think that were going to see broader institutional reforms inside the pentagon if this legislation passes? and if it doesnt pass is there hope that something changings other than this legislative solution or is this it? >> there are always other solutions, there is no silver bul...