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Three American soldiers on the Syria-Jordan border were killed by Iranian drones on Sunday. How will the United States respond?

Amazon.com. any major bookstore in united states as well. what was your relationship. you write about these things in the book. i want americans and others to know this. what was your relationship like with barack obama? >> it started out in a super -- janitors office in washington, i was leaving washington, he was a senator then. we had a good meeting, i look forward to cooperating with him in case he would be elected. i was run, he was running, when we go the elected we met in his really. and ...

Amazon.com. any major bookstore in united states as well. what was your relationship. you write about these things in the book. i want americans and others to know this. what was your relationship like with barack obama? >> it started out in a super -- janitors office in washington, i was leaving washington, he was a senator then. we had a good meeting, i look forward to cooperating with him in case he would be elected. i was run, he was running, when we go the elected we met in his really. in i...

President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy team are yet to unveil a policy on the decade-old Syrian crisis, if any. So far the State Department under Secretary Anthony Blinken has reiterated its commitment to implementing tough economic sanctions under the Caesar Act, while the Pentagon announced recently that the US military in eastern Syria will no longer be responsible

That he has landed in a position hes going to stick with now versus the possibility that a week or two or in the not too distant future he takes a different posture when it comes to iran and force? >> this iran question is certainly not solved for this administration. theyre going to the u.n. on monday, and well see how they pitch this battle or rhetoric, rhetorical battle with iran at the u.n. security counsel where frankly these are the signatories to the iran deal. russia, china, germany, oth...

Iran, theyve simply pushed iran closer to nuclear program. theyve antagonized allies. theyve created more insecurity. what we need is a strategy to be attached to the tactics. >> in the year everything thats coming out and that were learning through the reporting about the decision making process yesterday in the president, apparently being of two minds. alternate times on this. whats your confidence level that he has landed in a position hes going to stick with now versus the possibility that a...

Their own situation, they feel more positive than before. >> why is the number about the economy slipping? >> i think you saw a big swing from last month on that. part of that reflects peoples i.r.a.s. the stock market was way down. i think the numbers, overall, are good for president obama and democrats generally. i think the trump phenomenon is really you know really going to -- probably really upsetting republicans. donald trump is really on the margins of the political discourse. >> before y...

>> weve actually got british foreign secretary haig on the program coming up and were going to look at that iran question. it is certainly a point of contico contention but there are so few in the region that people can reliably turn to. if not iran, with whom does the u.s. ally in this region? on intervention in iraq? who has the reach? >> well, two things. i just want to pick up on what jonathan said. i think he is -- a lot of these kinds of discussions happen necessarily behind closed door wa...

president of france. he must be respected. >> well tell you how the french election will impact the u.s. economy in a live report from paris just minutes away. also, big election, france isnt the only euro nation witnessing a political shakeup. in greece, early exit polls show the two main parties have suffered big losses in parliamentary elections. those centrist parties supported painful austerity measures. polls also show an ultra-right party making significant gains. todays vote ...

The other on whether it will take military steps against irans program. that is why i think 2012 could well be a critical year on the iran question. jenna: and your insights are really appreciated, ambassador bolt ton. well be talking next hour as to whether or not military option includes cyber warfare or cyber warfare is different category when it comes to iran. ambassador bolton, thanks for joining us. always nice to have you. >> thank you. gregg: the space race is heating up again. well tell...