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100,000 strong, and now this additional commitment of u.s. troops, not troops but u.s. assets, in libya. how does the president, speaking to the nation monday night, maintain a sense of national purpose here at a time when were so stretched? >> actually, your list was incomplete. we have a substantial military commitment and humanitarian assistance disaster relief in japan as well, largely using naval forces. the air forces that we are using for the most part and the air forces in particular wer...

>> the militarys stretched pretty thin. look at this map to show what our commitments are around the globe. in iraq, of course, we have 47,000 troops, in afghanistan, 100,000 strong, and now this additional commitment of u.s. troops -- not troops but u.s. assets in libya. how does the president, speaking to the nation monday night, maintain a sense of national purpose here at a time when were so stretched? >> actually your list was incomplete. we have a substantial military commitment in humanit...

There is very little coherence between the military hardware, the military action taking place and these broad, political objectives. getting rid of gadhafi is not going to happen by what were seeing through air power, suppression of air defrs and no-fly zone and protecting civilians is a pretty broad mission if you interpret it broadly. i think in the end what weve seen is a military commitment on the part of the various governments, european, perhaps arab as you say, the united states to reall...

The ear of secretary clinton 45 minutes last night. what were they asking for from the united states? they want military help, air cover, they want the united states and the allies to come in and bomb gadhafis airstrips, three in particular, and theyre not getting an affirmative answer here. hillary clinton and the united states government not willing to make a military commitment, first of all, they want to see what the arab league will do, whether the arab league will put up military forces an...

Network. theres this idea, dont just sit there, do something. it we see it every day in our living rooms. it blacks our problem. the thing the white house needs to do something, in a year when were still there, are we going to feel like its still our problem? then a year, its, why did we go there? >> this looks like its somalia waiting to happen again. willie geist, you read breaking news last hour about the secretary of defense. in afghanistan and i believe more distressing news. >> secretary g...

Wounded a month, 600 miles from the sea in some 14th century country. this is a hard sell anywhere. >> well, how do you put it together what you just said in terms of our military commitment which could stretch to five years in terms of real strength in numbers over there, ability to play a strategic role. and yet the political reality that we have a president who has a democratic party behind him, a center/left coalition behind him thats going to be sensitive about the suggestion of being there...

Announcement? >> we know the biggest news is sending secretary kerry to iraq. theyve hit a road block with maliki. part of the presidents, what he said last friday is that no military. hes not going to really okay a major military commitment to deal with the iraq chaos if theres not an equivalent if not stronger effort, on the political side by maliki. from what ive heard about various attempts, whether its vice president biden who personally has a good relationship with maliki, every attempt to...

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From before the convention. >> 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia. >> if f the candidate is getting anxious, you wouldnt know it. as he hammered president obama as defense cut in looming sequestration of the american legion post. >> its still a troubled and dangerous world. the idea of cutting our military commitment by a trillion dollars over this decade is unthinkable. and de stating. when i become -- steve dating anpresident wewill stop it. i wont cut money to the military. >> he picked su...

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...