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White house really believe that would make matter worse. theres already a fragility in both countries and theres a sense at least from the administration that stripping aid would just leave the u.s. with fewer cards to play. so, its difficult to say whether that will happen. on the other hand, as weve seen from a recent poll from the chicago council of foreign relations, even though u.s. foreign aid is a relatively minuscule part of the budget, its tremendously unpopular. and seeing these scenes...

Corollary of romneys comments. but the underlying dynamics of the election are no longer seen as being enough for romney. he trails obama in the polls and has for basically the entire campaign. he received little to no bump from his convention and watched obama enjoy a significant polling bounce out of his. the economy just isnt proving sufficient to beat obama. that means that the romney campaign strategy isnt proving sufficient to beat obama, which means they need to change it on the fly. when...

Recently. i know you were in that region and followed it closely. what is your sense of where the arab spring is going at this point? both egypt and libya are countries that had very, very dramatic changes of regime. its not entirely clear how the political ground will settle. what does today say about where its going, or does it say really nothing about where its going, as of yet? >> well, todays events, you know, i think should and can only be considered a setback, but i would say the overall ...

Ten libyan security guards reportedly died defending the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi. thousands of libyans staged counterprotests today in a show of o support for the united states. many of them held signs thanking ambassador stevens for his service, and the libyan government was quick and forceful in its condemnation of the attacks. that, at least, is the situation in libya. in egypt, the conditions are much different. more protests against the offending anti-muslim film have been calle...

Through the motivations of the various factions and shadowy militant groups that are currently vying for power. and the outcome, who wins and who loses these struggles, could decide the very shape of american foreign policy in the decades to come. middle east with an egypt that is friendly to american interests is very different than middle east with an egypt that is not. here to help us make sense of all of this, is hillary man lever, and a former foreign service officer, who was twice statione...

Has for basically the entire campaign. he received little to no bump from his convention and watched obama enjoy a significant polling bounce out of his. the economy just isnt proving sufficient to beat obama. that means that the romney campaign strategy isnt proving sufficient to beat obama, which means they need to change it on the fly. when campaigns are losing, they get a little desperate like that. and when they get desperate, they begin making riskier decision. and so tuesday night, the ro...

Response to the attacks on u.s. diplomatic installations in egypt and libya, attacks that left four americans the dead. romney hastily released a statement late last night that read, "im outraged by the attacks on american diplomatic missions in america and egypt and the attack on a american consulate worker in benghazi. its disgraceful that obama administration first response was to condemn attacks on our diploma ikic missions, but to sympathize with the protesters." some republicans have been ...

It was under attack. >> you were mentioning a minute ago that you were in libya recently. i know you were in that region and followed it closely. what is your sense of where the arab spring is going at this point? both egypt and libya are countries that had very, very dramatic changes of regime. its not entirely clear how the political ground will settle. what does today say about where its going, or does it say really nothing about where its going, as of yet? >> well, todays events, you know, i...

Difference, though, that we constantly gloss over. in egypt, what we have is the product of a real revolution. this government really represents the people. it was a real revolution, done over the objections, essentially, of the united states. mubarak was our true friend and ally for 30 years. in libya, what you had happen was, initially a revolution that then was intercepted with a military intervention, and what was put in place is largely a government of expatriates, who dont necessarily repr...

Egypt and libya, attacks that left four americans the dead. romney hastily released a statement late last night that read, "im outraged by the attacks on american diplomatic missions in america and egypt and the attack on a american consulate worker in benghazi. its disgraceful that obama administration first response was to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with the protesters." some republicans have been quick to defend him. south carolina senator jim demint release...