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Government? >> i think that is part of it. i mean, you do have this civil war thats sort of burning in the region across the border in s syria. syria and iraq are linked in this hellish way now. it is true maliki has not been an inclusive zbompb governor. one reason we have withheld military forces hes been asking for for a while is a fear that u.s. government has had he will violently crack down on his sunni opponents. so we may now accelerate arms to him that we were holding back but a we were...

An inclusive zbomgovernor. one reason we have withheld military forces hes been asking for for a while is a fear that u.s. government has had he will violently crack down on his sunni opponents. so we may now accelerate arms to him that we were holding back but a we were worried he would misuse them. by the way, one interesting fact on the question of how the political winds may have shifted. in 2007 when barack obama described his withdrawal plan from iraq he said at the time, i will keep enoug...

Want to be mr. bipartisan. i want to work with people the way i did with chris christie. theres problems with that. he also wants to run for president. those two goals will be in tension continuously. obama told his staff i want to vote for john roberts as a show of bipartisanship. roberts is clearly very qualified. i can do that. his staff said, sir, youre the preside one that wants to be president. he said yes. they said it would be a mistake. booker will be pulled in the same direction. he wa...

With this case. those charges for open containers of alcohol and drug abuse. one had a hundred dollar fine and the other dismissed. they are free and talking about the two brothers yesterday, thus far, they had no reason to believe and no evidence that the two brothers knew anything about the case or related in the least. they did stress they have a lot of evidence they are still going through and that they left that option open for further charges to come. we are expecting a press conference at...

>> how does that help obama? >> because its heeasier sell f the house. >> these presidents are so different, whats so fascinating that what stood out from the obama speech is where they actually have something in common. i think putting aside everything up on the stage, the big news from today is barbara bush. it was not only her comments this morning on the "today show," it was not only about her son, jeb not running, it was about dynasties in general. >> do you think that jeb wanted his mother...

killing three soldiers in the countrys southern helmand province. >> cnns chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? >> well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to k...

Discussions came up. a lot of people are talking about joe biden already planning to run for president four years from now. is that right? >> and why shouldnt he? why shouldnt he? hes been a successful vice president. of the fact hell be 73 in four years, vigorous guy like joe, 73, i dont thinks an issue anymore. >> mark, have you heard this? >> i think he wants to keep the option open. hed be well-positioned whether they win reelection or not. i think its one of the big obstacles to even think ...

Right. a lot of these folks dealing with the fact that an african-american is president of the united states. what does it mean when they say they want to take our country back. back from whom? michele bachmann was pretty clear. back from obama. i dont know if huckabee is running for president. he may have to make those mortgage payments but a few months from now, he may decide to run. but hes certainly keeping the option open. >> part of how they pay the mortgage and its certainly true of gingr...

Off as being, a woman, a mom, somebody who has administered locally, state, interstate, with energy issues, so maybe a mayor, a governor, an oil commissioner, maybe somebody who has run for something -- vice president, you there go i dont know. i dont know. we will see. >> so, that is a way of answering that question, of saying, guess what, im -- she is saying i still want to be considered a possible candidate. >> she clearly wants to be considered a possible candidate and she may well be a cand...

Suffering. >> sean: governor, im looking at recent polls for 2012. one interesting poll had huckabee winning iowa, you running away with new hampshire. newt gingrich is going to join us later, he comes in first in south carolina, sarah palin in the mix. you four seem to be the top leaders. it is wildly assumed you are going to make another run. can you update us where you might be with that decision? >> you know, no, no decision at this point. no announcement to make. well give that some thought...