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They may have outed a cia operative that was not a covert operative and they knew from the beginning who the leaker was, richard armitage. whats worse, the outing of plame, not a covert operative, or divulging the secrets of our military operations, the president putting out kill lists and joint operations with the israelis in terms of cyber attacks they are using against irans nuclear facility. whats worse? >> first of all, you are totally wrong about the valerie plame situation-- she was not...

responsibility is the right approach to take for, i think, not only the united states but also for europe. okay. >> republicans are saying youre blaming the europeans for the failures of your own policies. >> the truth of the matter is that, as i said, weve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private-sector is doing fine. where were seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government, oftentimes cuts initiated...

morning is break nugs. defense secretary leon panetta arrives in afghanistan unannounced. brand new video of the defense secretarys arrival. he stopped in afghanistan for a real-timeup date from nato top commanders on how prepared allied troops and afghan security forces are to confront the taliban as they gear up for the summer fighting season. just yesterday, a twin suicide bombing in a market near kandahar killed 22 people. 50 other people were injured. nato is under scrutiny after ...

Unconventional war. >> this is the paradox of the obama administration. you have a law professor who thinks pretty deeply about these. he thinks about the kill lists. and i think one of the reasons he has asked to make sure that he goes through these lists, particularly for yemen, a place where, you know, theres some more doubt about who youre hitting is that i think he wants to sort of rein it in. but in the drone area and the cyber area that i write about, he was raising questions, how do we l...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle against the tea par...

Jenna: the president is really not talking about nation building. you mentioned it in your first answer, these targeted attacks, and weve heard reports this week of these kill lists that the president apparently is approving or not approving, depending upon these high targets in places like yemen. what do you think about those kill lists? yes this is a sovereign country but were obviously working with yemen in a variety of different ways. >> the kill lists are really an effort to surgically and ...

Otherwise. >> politically, i think it was a message to the american people, i would just like a little distance between my president and kill lists. >> general barry mccaffrey, thank you very much. >> thank you, general. we really do appreciate it. >> good to be with you. coming up, well bring in dr. zbigniew brzezinski. also, david ignatius. and historian douglas brinkley to discuss his new biography on walter cronkite. and next, the results from the tight primary in texas. but first, tod...

a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over fridays massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. >> this weekends massacre is a horrifying testament to this regimes depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international communitys absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. >> jessica yellin was among those listening as the p...

her way to a degree. thats why anybody who feels sorry for pat will find themselves on the receiving end of the receiving glare where she might punch you. shes still getting up every day and doing what she does best which is teaching. the players, she says, are my best medicine. our final honoree is not here. shimon peres, the president of israel, who has done more for the cause of peace in the middle east than just about anybody alive. ill be hosting president peres for a dinner here ...

Taliban leaders, do we know generally who is being targeted here, yogi? brennan didnt want to go into detail, but what do we know about those kill lists? >> its a good question. to go back briefly to bobs point, its not that the number of drone strikes have decreased but the rules about them havelessened and loosened considerably. you had john brenan yesterday talk about one of the more controversial aspects of this, which is the presidents decision to order the deaths of american citizens abroa...