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Their lives and rose up against it. a lot of things happened around the country simultaneously. the surge i think wound up stablizing the region that it was inserted into. >> chris: do you think we would be where we are in iraq if we had no surge? >> that is a hypothetical. i think the surge helped. i think -- the other things that happened simultaneously did also. >> chris: all right. lets talk about this battle over terror here inside the beltway. your deputy, counter insurgencier terrorism ad...

Which they were going to live their lives and rose up against it. a lot of things happened around the country simultaneously. the surge i think wound up stablizing the region that it was inserted into. >> chris: do you think we would be where we are in iraq if we had no surge? >> that is a hypothetical. i think the surge helped. i think -- the other things that happened simultaneously did also. >> chris: all right. lets talk about this battle over terror here inside the beltway. your deputy, cou...

>> shannon: another topics were commented by john brinnon talking about resi recidivism d you got reaction from jim jones and as lindsay graham. >> jones defended it. lindsay graham was crazed about it and said brennan has to step down. the idea and i think this is the concern a lot of people have is that the obama administration is equating terrorists with common criminals and brennan was talking about the fact the recidivism rate in prison is 50% so he said 20% from gitmo isnt that pad bad. th...

Their lives and rose up against it. a lot of things happened around the country simultaneously. the surge i think wound up stablizing the region that it was inserted into. >> chris: do you think we would be where we are in iraq if we had no surge? >> that is a hypothetical. i think the surge helped. i think -- the other things that happened simultaneously did also. >> chris: all right. lets talk about this battle over terror here inside the beltway. your deputy, counter insurgencier terrorism ad...

Purity. the u.s. defense secretary says irans actions are disappointing and he believes there is still time for sanctions and pressure to work. deputy national security advisor john brinnon says he is comfortable with the security measures in place in miami and is not aware of any terrorist threats for the super bowl. members of the cabinet, law make escapeds and soldiers injured in iraq and afghanistan along with their families are ex-pecked to attend a super bowl party at the white house. ...