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The saudi government. because we have forces on the arab peninsula. because were in afghanistan until the american people realize or are told by their leaders that this war is about what their government does and not how they live and think, were never going to realize the dimension of the en-- enemy we face and were never going to be able to stop the growth of the next generation of awlakis and bin ladens and samir kahns. jon: interesting thoughts from michael scheuer, who used to be in the uni...

Ask you questions, look directly into that notebook a little bit and were looking forward to that, catherine, so thank you very much. >> >> reporter: having for -- thank you for having me. jon: some of the questions are already in and they are did. for more on the death of ann wa al-awlaki and samir kahn, lets bring in michael schuer, the head of the cia bin laden unit, a former cia counterterrorism analyst. we get differing opinions as to how important he was, and what his death means, michael....

You. youve actually met with al-awlakis father who many may not know was a high yemeni government official. >> yes jon. he was not only extremely prominent in his own country, but his tribe, his family, was just amazingly influential. they were advisers to prime ministers, his father was an agriculture minister, i think, when i met him during my days in yemen. but that was why this man is so irreplacable, because he was not only welcomed at home, he knew america, and he knew american vulnerabili...