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Meanwhile governor romney is hitting president for not taking the lead. >> if im president of the united states we will restore our military commitment and keep america the strongest military in the world. [cheers and applause] the world needs american leadership. the middle east needs american leadership, and i intend to be a president that provides the leadership that americans respect and will keep us admired throughout the world. [cheers and applause] bill: at that sam event he said on the w...

>> oh, sure. it was pretty aggressive for mitt romney from the very beginning of his remarks, he began talking about the situation in north africa, expressed his regret about the terrible loss of american citizens and the cost of the upheaval over there. and fairly short order began talking about the type of leadership he would offer and criticized president obama for his defense cuts. its been a fairly standard part of mitt romneys attack on the president and today went so far as to say that un...

Watch. he put in place cuts of $1 trillion, so we will have $1 trillion of cuts to our military. if i am president of the united states we will restore our military commitment and keep america the strongest military the world. >> he has been under fire for his remarks some saying he react today soon. he and the romney campaign made the point that secretary of state, hillary clinton and the middle east bureau of the state department, all thought the initial statement romney was critical of, was a...

room". all eyes on the supreme court expected to issue its ruling on thursday on president obamas signature first-term achievement, health care reform. its a hot topic on the2007 supporting president bushs use of the same authority. >> thats right. and with the supreme court case on health care reform expected to come down on thursday, joe, i think its going to get a lot hotter. >> jim acosta, thanks so much for that. appreciate it. now were just going to get a little more on thi...

Government. and iran has supplied forces to the kuds the paramilitary force and revolutionary force providing technical assistance to the scenes and has been has been caught giving aways to syria and is the chief protector of syria at the u.n., and of course the obama administration for better or worse has choicen to pursue diplomacy and hitting a roadblock from russia and china. >>trace: we hear talk of nato intervention, how tricky would that be? >>guest: there are a public of risks involved. ...

its now a strange international custody battle. >> she was a 2010 cover of time magazine. she tells us what is keepking her from having surgery and what she sees in the mirror. >> thanks for joining us. the g-8 summit is over and president wam turns his attention to afghanistan. >> not so civilized outside. >> cameras rolled. this is chicago today. people in the crowds have mostly been behaving but five men are now in custody for allegedly planning to cause damage. more on the actual s...

President say we still got a long road to go and there is going to be some form of a military commitment in that country for years to come? >> well, i think what you did hear the president say is we are transitioning out. we are bringing our surge troops home. the afghans will be in the lead next year and by 2014 we will have largely transitioned out. and the long-term commitment is still to be determined in terms of what it means. but obviously we have an interest in continuing to attack al qae...

The president is pledging financial support to them through 2024. what kind of investment of time can we expect from our government between now and 2024 and in light of the fact this does mean a military commitment as well? >> yeah. thats the biggest problem with the presidents speech yesterday was that there were really no specifics on what this means. i think that if you look back at everything that he said, there werent a lot of details on how the drawdown exactly was going to go, what the in...

top of tf of the hour. a terror blot here at home. the feds say this frgroup of a anarchists are accused of wanting to blow up a bridge in ohio. the target here, a four lane bridge in cleveland. but get this, the fbi says it controlled the plot the entire time. under cover and the public was never ever in danger. so coming up, more on that alleged plot and how they planned to distract place. but first breaking news. im hearing now president obama has made a surprise visit to afghanista...

Would do that and what the consequences would be. everything else is just talk. your reaction? >> its quite clear that the president wants to avoid in any way a discussion about a military option, but of course, we have to recognize that if all else fails and hes failed on so many dimensions, its possible that all else will fail, but i hope not. i hope that crippling sanctions, now that father finally begin -- finally going to be employed will have an impact. i hope if we support dissident voice...