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Afghanistan as a whole, theyre thinking of their family, their thinking of their village, their ethnicity. afghanistan is too divided at the moment to have a security force that is going to be able to stand on its own two feet without assistance. >> and that is something the u.s. aimed to change over 12 years there, 11 1/2 years there. im not sure that america ever could. but the kind of help we lend in the long run is really going to be substantially determined by this very important president ...

Thinking of their family, their thinking of their village, their ethnicity. afghanistan is too divided at the moment to have a security force that is going to be able to stand on its own two feet without assistance. >> and that is something the u.s. aimed to change over 12 years there, 11 1/2 years there. im not sure that america ever could. but the kind of help we lend in the long run is really going to be substantially determined by this very important president for the president. atia abawwi,...

I do think that that is a specific thing. but there are broader issues about what he would be like as secretary of defense. his opposition to the iraq war after he initially supported it, his comments in favor of withdrawing from afghanistan faster than we already are. should we see that as being specifically on defense policies a more dovish agenda? >> i dont know that he is a dove or a hawk. i think he is an old school sort of realist republican. and guess what? pretty much so is obama. >> rig...

Should we see that as being specifically on defense policies a more dovish agenda? >> i dont know that he is a dove or a hawk. i think he is an old school sort of realist republican. and guess what? pretty much so is obama. >> right. >> theyre pretty much of the same character. you know, intervene here where you can, dont intervene there when you cant. and, you know, i think they have a fairly strong and fairly sort of realistic view of american power and exercising it where you can. >> what abo...

Specific thing. but there are broader issues about what he would be like as secretary of defense. his opposition to the iraq war after he initially supported it, his comments in favor of withdrawing from afghanistan faster than we already are. should we see that as being specifically on defense policies a more dovish agenda? >> i dont know that he is a dove or a hawk. i think he is an old school sort of realist republican. and guess what? pretty much so is obama. >> right. >> theyre pretty much ...

Theyre the same ones they used to push the war in iraq. they say they dont like something he said hagel did 14 years ago about a gay man being put up for ambassador. i dont like it either, but, a, it was 14 years ago, and, b, i dont think its got anything to do with why the hawks are opposing him. since when is the right wing of this country is caring for gay rights? as bill clinton would say, give me a break. and this isnt about israels security any more than its about ours. the right wants a h...

Helicopter. >> waiting in the wings an air force pave hawk, a little heavier than the blackhawk the national guard used, but the pilots believe they have enough power to perform a rescue, even at that altitude. >> this is kind of tricky flying when youre that close to the edge of the mountain. >> as the chopper approaches, all seems well. the pilot eases in perfectly, lowering a parajumper with a litter onto the slope. next as the pave hawk huddles close to the icy surface, the jumper hooks jere...

Webb-hagel gi bill. our kids come home and go to school for free at state schools. >> tony, dianne feinstein, democratic senator, just came out in support of chuck hagel. >> right. >> but there are a bunch of democratic pro-israel leaders like chuck schumer, bob casey, frank lautenberg, carl levin who have yet to weigh in and might have some concerns and bob menendez, the proor the anti-iran hawk. talk about their concerns right now. >> i have looked hard at the statements on the internet and th...

With us on set, we have the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. we have former adviser to the bush administration and romney campaign, dan senor. this is going to be fun. >> yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. paul ryans guy. >> aye, aye, aye. >> mr. im going to vote to raise taxes. >> mr. vote responsibly. well get to that. well get to that. >> $4 trillion more in debt. you know, if you take paul ryans vote last night, plus the medicare, drug benefit plan, thats $11 trillion in ne...

There has been a little stagnation in the economy, housing starts and so on. some people think this is just a deadline. the chair of the senate finance committee said to me yesterday, he said look this deadline is red-hot. there is a reason there are deadlines. if they are able to pull a rabbit out of a hat and maybe agree to spending cuts or an agreement to do it down the road you may see a favorable market reaction. you may not see a credit down grade from moodys and s&p and the other agencies...