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Successes for the united states possible. we didnt have to do it. they did it, on their own. and the fact that were not talking about that but talking about how many times you used the word terrorism and did you scratch your ear like this is nonsense. >> but what seems to be an important policy question, dee dee myers, we do know that this administration has asserted it has done grave damage to al qaeda. the ultimate of course is killing osama bin laden. but here you have chaotic situations, inc...

Of our own, governor, is offensive. thats not what we do. thats not what i do as president. thats not what i do as commander in chief. >> that was an exchange from tuesdays debate. it will get hot and heavy again tomorrow in the final debate. we are back at our roundtable. joining me now, "the new york times" helene cooper. "new york times" columnist and co-author of that "that used to be us" tom friedman. republican strategist and columnist for "time" magazine mike murphy. and former white hous...

I dont think any one event is decisive. but this is an important issue. even though being strong at home and rebuilding our economy is the number one issue, people want to know they have a strong, steady hand in the oval office, and they dont want someone whos reckless and has been consistently wrong on foreign policy issues as governor romney has. we all remember his dukes of hazard tour of international destinations over the summer where he not only roiled countries that are not friendly to us...

Committed this act of terror to justice. and thats what hes going to do. theres only one candidate here who has tried to exploit it from the beginning, even while the flames were burning in benghazi. mitt romney was sending out political press releases on this. and the whole republican party has followed. and on friday, chairman issa in the house on the republican side released a reef of documents that he asked for that included the names of people on the ground in libya who are cooperating with...

Killing osama bin laden. but here you have chaotic situations, including in libya, where there were questions about whether there was adequate security for diplomatic institution outposts like this. also the issue of whats happened since. the fact that the fbi couldnt get in there, even to investigate, because of security. and this from steven hayes of the weekly standard, which i think we should talk about. he writes in the magazine, the man suspected of organizing the attack on the u.s. consul...

Osama bin laden, is undermined by an attack like this and further chaos in the middle east. how do you respond? >> i think its nonsense. obviously, this was a tragic event, and the president did call it an act of terror not just once but several times, and asked for and ordered an investigation to get to the bottom of what happened, why it happened, and to bring those who committed this act of terror to justice. and thats what hes going to do. theres only one candidate here who has tried to expl...

And theres a tremendous disquiet in iran. their currency has dropped in value by 50%. their oil business has dropped by 50%. theres restiveness in their political environment there. and theyre feeling the heat. and thats what the sanctions were meant to do. so its not -- if theyre sensible, they are looking at that and saying its time to set aside our nuclear ambitions and save our economy. and thats what the presidents been working on. thats a project hes been working on for all of these years....

To look at this. the question of embassy security is one that is definitely, you know, should be looked at. the administration has to study that. but the larger issue is the issue of the arab spring and whats happening in this key area, key region for american foreign policy. and thats where youre seeing in libya, egypt, and all of yemen and all over the place you have all of this democracy and the mess that comes with it. and i think americans need to be -- i think toms point is excellent about...

Cases. those states have broken down, but a new order hasnt arisen. and thats what you saw in benghazi. but heres whats also new, and we have completely missed this story, and its a great thing for america. lets forget which candidate it might serve. what happened immediately a day and a half after this incident in libya, thousands of libyans, carrying pictures of our ambassador, voluntarily marched on the militia headquarters that did this and took these guys down. that is one of the greatest s...

To us but our best ally, britain. he was wrong on libya. he was wrong on iraq. so people are going to have a chance to take a measure of these two guys and say, who do i want as the commander in chief? who do i want leading the war on terror? and i think were going to -- i think thats a very stark contrast. >> finally, state of the race now as you handicap the final weeks. you heard chuck todd with our new numbers. 47%, 47%. he said 47% for the president is not a good number for an incumbent. it...