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After 9/11, egypt shared intelligence and jointly interviewed al qaeda prisoners. most important, egypt at the cross roads of asia, africa and the mediterranean is geopoliticalally positioned to provide stability in the middle east. yet obama refuses to give the military support promise and allocated for egypt to fight al qaeda and the terrorists who threaten to destroy that country. now, egypt is one quarter of the arab world. over 90 million people. should they fall, the west is at risk. and a...

President obamas deputy national security adviser says the fighting between rebel forces and the assad regime is so intermingled, its not a problem that can be solved from the air. this comes as obama is ramping up pressure on the syrian regime. its pushing for tighter sanctions against bashar al assads government. the atrocities in syria are mounting. the u.n. says an average of 5,000 people die in civil war each month. and this past week, the white house accused syria of using chemical weapo...

Back in trouble again. he had the rihanna incident, he had some other stuff. then the "gma" incident more than a year ago. >> never ending for him. >> man, chris, get it together. get a new pr person. lets get to some real news first. protesters in egypt have once again defied government orders and taken to the streets. >> the wave of political unrest began last week and spread to the rest of the country. now egypts president is facing a major crisis. abcs lama hasan is joining us live this mo...

Back in trouble again. he had the rihanna incident, he had some other stuff. then the "gma" incident more than a year ago. >> never ending for him. >> man, chris, get it together. get a new pr person. lets get to some real news first. protesters in egypt have once again defined government orders and taken to the streets. >> the wave of political unrest began last week and spread to the rest of the country. now egypts president is facing a major crisis. abcs lama hasan is joining us live this m...

Newly enacted state policy that set a curfew for the grounds near the state capitol where the to te protesters have been in tents nearly three weeks. a night judge refused to sign the warrants because the curfew policy had been in effect a couple hours before police decided to enforce it. the protesters were cited misdemeanor citations holding them up in this photo after they got sprung from jail. occupy san diego protesters were kicked out today, tents and other gear confiscated in a san diego ...

Positions away. you mean spies, i ask? yes, he responds, moammar gadhafis people, who are watching us, listening to our communications and telling them where we are so they can hit us. the new tactic is to hold ground and move forward, with caution. an approach that makes sense. but goes against the grain of boys and men who want to do it their way. ben wedeman, cnn, outside al brega. in cairo, fans riot and a soccer stadium is damaged. now egypts prime minister is apologizing to the people of...

Line newspaper this case. we have the coalition. basically we -- weve got egypt we are trying to stabilize there. obviously in terms of where it is, in terms of egypt, tunisia. this when you add it up case by case basis, it made sense to do the north star thing, if you will. i dont think there is an actual black and white answer. i think what we look for in the media is absolutes. i think we live in a world now of grayness. i think he made the right decision in this instance and i think it is a ...

Politically to get this done. it cannot -- >> i think what we are seeing now -- guys, go back to egypt. we heard obama, oh, my god, standing on the sidelines. the end justified the means. we are seeing what i call practical leadership now. we are not -- we are not the united states when you were with nixon where you can come in, kick ass around the world. it has to be tempered. thats the reality where we sit in the world now. i think a calculated tempered response was the only response. for you ...

Small deed democracy, have you another thought coming, my friend. >> okay. lets move on to david ignatius. really respected writer here on these issues. from "the washington post," obama gave a good libya speech but soon he needs to deliver a cairo speech that will articulate a coherent strategy for the region. history is on the move from morocco to iran. yes, in afghanistan and pakistan, too. if obama can connect his policy with the way that transformed tunisia and egypt he will solve the core ...

>> if gadhafi stands off the u.s. navy and air force know the rest of it and survives, the question is if -- if gadhafi stays, does obama go, quite frankly? that will be an issue in 2012. if he is taking us to war against libya, that guy is sitting there in tripoli defining the -- defying the united states. >> the other thing about that, the american public -- i dont believe have the stomach to go any distance on libya at all. i mean, one part of what the president was saying was, you know, you ...