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>> well, what a way to go out of the cia job. he is set to take over on july 1st here in the pentagon for retiring secretary of state gates. i mean, this is a huge boost of morale for everybody in the intelligence community and special operations community and the u.s. military in general, particularly those 100,000 troops who are fighting on the ground there just across the border in afghanistan, but everybody we talked to warns that this is a temporary boost. there are still a multitude of ver...

Will be extremely bad news. >> yes. well, i think that is this very polarizing approach to what is taking place in the middle east that has dominated for a very long time, that assumes that anyone -- that any religious group is somehow dangerous and stream, whereas in fact most arabs, religion is important to most arabs, and most arabs are moderate, peaceful centrists, want everyone wanting what these people -- >> so do you think its helpful -- >> the muslim brotherhood are one of the many group...

Are there repercussions for the damage that could be damaging? or do you feel as an american this could be quite good for the world? revolution from the bottom up, not being done through military means? >> i think whats happening in egypt, tunisia today, and perhaps elsewhere, these can be models for peaceful transition to more open, more accountable governance, and towards societies that offer more opportunities. social, economic, political for a cross-section of their people. i truly believe, ...

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Quite good for the world? to see revolution from the bottom up, its not been done through military means? >> i think whats happening in egypt, tunisia today and perhaps elsewhere, these can be models for peaceful transition to more open, more accountable governance, and toward societies that offer more opportunities, social, economic and political for a cross section of their people. and i think -- i truly believe, and i have for 30 years, i used to argue this in jordan as well. to achieve true ...

And it rose out of the case youre talking about. >> lets talk alternatively. if he were to be found guilty, if this verdict is a guilty verdict, what does he face potentially? i know that the sentencing phase is a second phase. what does he face potentially for having kidnapped this young woman. >> well, when a federal judge looks at that fact situation, its clear that under the federal sentencing rules, he could be facing realistically a life sentence. because, you know, many of these offenses ...

Address on energy policy tonight may be disappointed. the focus here expected to be a report to the nation on this administrations efforts to address this disaster and to prevent its occurrence. this is hardly the first oval office speech on energy policy. presidents nixon and ford having delivered several, but the first to take place in nearly 31 years. since president jimmy caters address on the subject at that time. now well take you to the oval office of the white house, and the president of...

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Factor" right after the presidents address. by all accounts the president has a real challenge tonight. to take a different tone than he has taken in previous speeches and news conferences, to follow this two-day trip to the gulf region, his fourth trip there with concrete examples of how he is in charge. the latest polls show a majority of the country disproves of how the administration has handled the crisis but some 83% disapprove of how bp has handled it even though he hasnt spoken to bp exe...