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Thrive. and even as more nations take on the responsibilities of global leadership, our alliance will remain indispensable to the goal of the century that is more peaceful, more prosperous, and more just. >> dig deeper with our chief political analyst, gloria borger. what was the president trying to accomplish today? >> you know, he was trying to make the case that the joint leadership of the united states and the united kingdom is enduring and is as relevant today as it was when we stormed the ...

Troops, and other u.s. forces out of pakistan. the pentagon spokesman says in the last two weeks that the pakistanis have asked for the u.s. to reduce its military presence in pakistan and now the u.s. is beginning to do that. very few details. we dont know how many, wolf, but its a real sign of how tense that military relationship is because the u.s. military basically invaded pakistan to go kill osama bin laden. on libya, the president saying for the first time openly that it is providing ammu...

States for every piece of disarment. >> they are approaching a billion dollars in expenditures. >> absolutely. >> just the u.s. on libya. >> very big cost. >> thanks very much, barbara. >> sure. dramatic new surveillance tape capturing horror as sundays deadly twister hit missouri and a small congressional race in new york state potentially spelling, potentially big trouble for the gop. losing weight clicked for me when i realized

Including president obama and the first lady honored. they honored queen elizabeth with a dinner. the presidents day began with a major speech to parliament in which he called americas and britains leadership in the world essential to the cause of human dig dignity. here is ed henry. >> reporter: wolf, in that big speech the president tried to make the case that while china, brazil, india, others are rising on the world stage, the u.s.-european alliances still matter, in places in libya where he...

After flipping burgers for american and british troops, and they were careful to insist that they are not that close. cameron with obamas poodle with afghanistan. >> i think every relationship is different. >> and mr. obama making clear that unlike the other guys, plunging into iraq, there was no rush into libya without a coalition. >> in terms of historical analogies, this is not the united kingdom and the united states alone. we have a broad range of partners under an international mandate des...

Is whether i have the discipline and judgment to be president. i think thats a perfectly fair question. >> is this a fair example? in other words, this notion that, somehow, obamas anti-american, that he is not on americas team, that he doesnt love america. are you prepared right now to say, both on behalf of yourself and to other republicans out there that this is nonsense, we ought to put this to rest? >> look, i think he loves america. i think he has a very different vision of what america is...

Is whether i have the discipline and judgment to be president. i think thats a perfectly fair question. >> is this a fair example? in other words, this notion that, somehow, obamas anti-american, that he is not on americas team, that he doesnt love america. are you prepared right now to say, both on behalf of yourself and to other republicans out there that this is nonsense, we ought to put this to rest? >> look, i think he loves america. i think he has a very different vision of what america is...

>> what is that? >> well, for example, he gives a speech at the national defense university on libya in which he cites the united nations and the arab league eight times and the u.s. congress once. now, i just think theres a little bit of imbalance there. >> you dont think he believes in american exceptionalism? >> i dont. im fairly confident if you look at the -- now, hes learned recently how to say it, but if you go back and look at the first two years of his presidency, it was a real change, ...

Heavy damage. a libyan government spokesman called it an assassination attempt. the u.s. military said he was not the target. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in benghazi, libya. richard, is that to be believed they were not trying to knock off gadhafi by going after the personal office? >> reporter: its very hard to see how it wouldnt be perceived that way if you are in libya. imagine if a foreign government attacks the white house and then says, well, we werent exactly try...

Basically side with the rebels and say, weve got to really go in there and help them. but heres lindsey graham, his longtime ally from south carolina, on libya. lets listen to lindsey graham. >> it is leading to a military stalemate. right now, theres just not enough moment by the rebels, even if theyre better armed, to break through to tripoli. theres not deep support for gadhafi. so my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off. go to tripoli, start bombi...