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One official said that never came up in the discussion, another one claims that it was a concern of theirs. your thoughts on that? >> i think it obviously was a concern. any major foreign policy decision becomes a political concern in the course of a re-election campaign. i think thats obvious, and it goes almost without saying. but there is a way of isolating, insulating these discussions. when you are discussing pakistan you are bringing in people who are concerned about national security issu...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com its been an amazing few days in the race for the presidency. newt gingrich is go to get out and mitt romney wing five more states last night, and all, but clenching the nomination and the general election campaign under way. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here in "the situation room." gingrich effectively, we knew which was going to happen for sure, suspending his campaign and santorum getting ready to endorse mitt romney. whats goi...

Food to talking about nutrients, because if you talk about nutrients and isolate the nutrients, well, then red meat is not so bad for you, partially hydrogenated whatevers are not so bad for you. because in the sugary cereals we can add vitamins and nutrients and splenda now, you can have vitamin c in your splenda. and by isolating that and why did that happen? the lobbyists for the large cattle industry, the large agricultural industries would rather have it broken down by nutrients. cheaper pr...

major news outlet breathlessly reports that donald trump is on the verge of a big endorsement. >> we dont expect him to say he is running for president, but politico and others are saying he is ready to back newt gingrich. >> hours later the donald backs romney. how did the press get it so wrong? plus, facebook files for a monster public offering. is sharing information with your friends now more powerful than the mega corporations of the media? im howard kurtz, and this is "reliable s...

today at this very precipice of such a dangerous move if the obama policy in the middle east wasnt naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous. >> and the governor didnt stop there. he called the obama foreign policy naive and said that it left irans radical regime emboldened. >> to date, we have fumbled our greatest opportunity for regime change. average iranian citizens were marching on tehran in the green revolution in 2009. america was wasting precious time on a naive policy of out...

street. but it is trying to negotiate some compromise so that it doesnt come to that. thats tough enough. and now add in this in your face political chal friend the republican presidential front-runner. texas governor rick perry who came to new york city to accuse president obama of fumbling middle east diplomacy and undermining israel in the process. >> we are equally indignant of the obama administration and their middle east policy of appeasement thats encouraged such an ominous act...

since recanted or recounted their stories. theyve also pointed out that theyve had people come forward saying that someone else was responsible for this murder. all of that was before the board. everyone came back from that meeting with the board thinking that they got their point across, that the board was definitely listening, asking a lot of questions about this case. apparently, had they had done their homework and were very, very familiar with this case. so, both sides coming out ...

On a humanitarian basis. it is not geared to try to get rid of gadhafi. he has not been targeted. that is not what is happening here. >> can you just make sure you have that right? >> were not going to war. >> not going to war. >> welcome back to "morning joe." its 7:00. >> what was the second? >> were not getting rid of gadhafi. we are just launching bombs in close proximity to his home. >> joining the table, democratic congressman from massachusetts and ranking member of the house -- represent...

American forces. could the british or the french put in armed forces, troops, in libya or will they bomb heads quarters with the human shields. >> well, i think president reagan had the right idea in 1986 and there are ways of finding and isolating some of qaddafis key people first. one of the principal objectives ought to be to convince those remaining loyalists around him to defect and bring hopefully some of their military units with them and that, as well, could change the momentum. that is ...

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