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Going. and our military. we have to strengthen our military long-term. we dont know what the world is going to throw at us. we make decisions today that will confront challenges we cant imagine. in the 2000 debates, there was no mention of terrorism, for instance. and a year later, 9/11 happened. we have to make decisions based on uncertainty. that means a strong military. i will not cut our military budget. we have to standby our allies. the tension between israel and the united states was very...

defenses. they want to know who will object, and who will look the other way. my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iraq is one and the same. i will not look away. and neither will my country. he met with benjamin netanyahu who threw his support behind romney and say that sanctions against iran have not worked, in his words, one iota. perhaps the highlight of the trip occurred earlier today when mitt romney and mrs. romney visited the western wall. it is one of the most...

So-called reset button policy with russia has utterly failed here. i think until russia sees it is going to pay a cost with the united states, for its continued support of assad theyre going to keep on doing it. so there are a lot of things we could do. go back to a real national missile defense program. get out of the very ill advised new s.t.a.r.t. arms control treat. i have a long list of things we could do to convince the russians that were serious opposing their support of assad. jenna: i l...

Button is going to get reset again unless they change their behavior. as far as iran goes, any notion there is an acceptable diplomatic way for them to keep their nuclear weapons program has to be toss in the garbage can. unless we change the fundamental dynamics that russia and iran think going to aid assad and he will remain in power. >> gregg: lets say for example we use some of the harsh language with russia. do we have any leverage that would motivate them? >> i would certainly go beyond la...

>> greta: what were they studying in the first place. why dont they just do their job and not be wasteful? what is the. >> you talked about the missile defense program. >> $100 million. >> that is a lot of money. i dont know how much it really costs but you do have to research the issues when you going to be doing defense systems for the whole united states. >> greta: it just seems so out of control. if it werent night after night after night it is unbelievable the amount of money and when you r...

>> not any one in the general public but there is a lot of people who make a good living in the government doing studies of studies of studies. >> greta: what were they studying in the first place. why dont they just do their job and not be wasteful? what is the. >> you talked about the missile defense program. >> $100 million. >> that is a lot of money. i dont know how much it really costs but you do have to research the issues when you going to be doing defense systems for the whole united sta...

Sensors to distinguish between a war head and other objects, other objects like balloons, kt. are we safe? >> no. and the missile defense program is a mess. and its a mess for a couple of reasons. one, president obama canceled the land-based missile defense program in the czech republic in poland two years ago, and he said were going to put our stuff on ships, and thats how we will defend ourselves. it will be a goodwill gesture to the russians, because they will help us stop iran. they didnt gi...

Goes out of afghanistan into swiss bank accounts as fast as it goes in. im a vietnam era person and this is the same debate we had at the end of the viet number war. it was an unpopular war, we looked like we were winning it, but at end ever the day we didnt support the south corn government, it was corrupt, inch tkpe. i have a real question about our willingness to give those kind of dollar amounts for a long period of time. jenna: important questions raised and more as we see how this develops...

Say, look we are going to do this to put a satellite up in the air. if you can lift a satellite off the ground into space you could also do the same thing and lift a nuclear weapon. thats why its so concerning that the north koreans would do this kind of a test. as you point out, if north korea does it, does iran get it? and then what happens? thats why its so essential that the united states beef up our missile defense program, which we have not done. jon: thank you for your expertise, kt mcmar...

The pope arrived in cuba monday urging all cubans to abandon communism and build a renewed and open society. president obama is clarifying a remark he made to russian president dmitry medvedev during a nuclear security summit in south korea. the president was apparently unaware of how close reporters microphones were when he told medvedev that hed have more flexibility to discuss a missile defense program after the presidential election. take a listen. >> i dont think its any surprise that you...