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Motivation involved. and quite honestly, i agree with the young senator mcconnell. the reason we have this problem is because we have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code under the guise of a charity to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns. >> i think he would resent that remark, the young mcconnell, even if he agreed with you. theres some news this morning, a new cnn poll that has the presidents approval ratings in pretty g...

About all of this. there are republicans in an organized fashion, of accusing the president of being nixonian, comparing it to water. isnt that overblown? >> i think its important there is an investigation under way. >> rand paul says benghazi should disqualify hillary clinton from being president. is that your view? >> the 2016 elections are way too far away. >> my question stands. >> were in the process of investigating a number of different investigations, all of these things are important to...

Problem. its a perfect storm in there right now and those jobs are very difficult and there are a lot of things that make them even more difficult. >> but former vice president cheney said that theyre lying in the administration. do you think thats overly harsh? do you think we know that thats true? >> he may know something i dont know. all i know is that the story has changed repeatedly on benghazi. i dont know anything about the a.p. story. it seems to me until we have some sense of that, we c...

Nothing in the code or nothing in any supreme court decision that says the irs should target americans for their beliefs. >> agreed. >> we still dont know who directed this and were trying to move forward in a bipartisan way to get answers. for two years weve been seeking answers and didnt get them. >> its interesting how bureaucracies operate. do they take cues from the president? i use the abu ghraib example. do you think thats a fair criticism here? >> i think you have to step back and say wh...

Clinton was culpable for what happened in benghazi? >> i think well find out when the investigation is completed who did what and who knew what and when. >> will this -- these issues, all of them, two of them that you are concerned about, will they be fodder for your campaign next year? do you think it important for republicans to campaign on these issues to target president obama and democrats? >> you know, i dont know what the issue will be next year. if i were predicting whats likely to be th...

They know yet. clearly the president and in the case of benghazi, the secretary of state. thats the way life works. but what bothers me about it is that two things really concern me, one, you think of a manager, a leader. when something like that happens, you call people in, you sit them down and you let them know that you intend to find ground truth fast. and he seems not to have done that. the other thing thats worrisome is, as they say, truth leaves on horseback and returns on foot. whats hap...

Nothing in the code or nothing in any supreme court decision that says the irs should target americans for their beliefs. >> agreed. >> we still dont know who directed this and were trying to move forward in a bipartisan way to get answers. for two years weve been seeking answers and didnt get them. >> its interesting how bureaucracies operate. do they take cues from the president? i use the abu ghraib example. do you think thats a fair criticism here? >> i think you have to step back and say wh...

>> you are the one of the leading republicans in america. would you call on republicans who talk about impeaching the president or who talk about this as an nixonian style coverup with regard to benghazi, would you like them to stop it? >> what i think we ought to do is complete the investigation and find out what exactly happened. and i think we have a sense of what happened. . we know there was inadequate security, we know an american ambassador and three other brave americans got killed, and ...

Security leaks that endanger americans around the world are a serious matter. >> including this one? >> any time youre leaking national security information, if it endangers americans around the world, eight serious matter. >> i think its clear what youre saying. i want to move on to benghazi and questions republicans have been asking about this. if you look at this as objectively as you can, it appears to be an episode on the failure of the administration to adequately secure an overseas outpos...

>> what im saying is national security leaks that endanger americans around the world are a serious matter. >> including this one? >> any time youre leaking national security information, if it endangers americans around the world, eight serious matter. >> i think its clear what youre saying. i want to move on to benghazi and questions republicans have been asking about this. if you look at this as objectively as you can, it appears to be an episode on the failure of the administration to adequa...