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Generation of leaders in north africa, perhaps in the middle east, and we need to communicate with them that we are on their side, we want them to be democratic, we want them to be freer, and it is not just a question of military force to do that, it is the economic package that we perhaps can do all by ourselves but we can lead the world in providing that kind of assistance, governance, rule of law. those things are the -- they form the triad of our future leadership in the 21st century. >> gen...

It really was an affirmation of everybody, and the interservice cooperation that occurred because he also began, didnt he, by talking about the fact that and indeed leon panetta said in the history of these kind of relationships, he hadnt seen such good cooperation. >> well, and as you remember, the 9/11 commissions report and all of the after agency criticism that came after 9/11 was blaming the cia and blaming the other intelligence agencies. they then created, congress created, this new struc...

>> reporter: this is one of those pitfalls or difficulties in the repeople of dont ask, dont tell, that secretary of defense gates had predicted and thats why he wanted that longer time frame from the time that the law was repealed until it was -- that repeal was actually implemented because these are the things that have to be worked out, not only through training and the like, but going through the legal processes because all the questions that remain about dont ask, dont tell, are many, proba...

Breaking news from florida now. nasa has postponed todays scheduled shuttle launch of "endeavour" and the postponement could last longer than 48 hours. it was supposed to leave in three hours or so but the auxiliary power unit heaters failed. they dont know what the problem is, they have tried troubleshooting, but cant diagnose the problem, cant fix the problem so they have scrubbed the launch. officials are hoping to announce a new launch at a time as soon as they get a handle on how big a prob...

Major royal event like william and kates big day becomes a labor of love for a small army of planners. in more than two decades working for the royal household, sir malcolm ross has become responsible for organizing events including charles and camillas wedding. a man who knows exactly how much work is involved behind the scenes. >> watching from the wings, sir malcolm ross has seen it all before. the former controller of the lord chamberlains office understands the pressures and pitfalls that c...

By the gcc. i spoke with a spokesman from the yemeni embassy saying that deal could be signed by sunday or monday and while thats a step, a positive step in the right direction, theres still a number of very significant pitfalls to that deal. a lot of distrust brewing within the opposition, between the opposition and the president, between the tribes that could very well derail the deal. >> from the u.s. perspective, we were talking with aaron miller said and saying the definition of success for...

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Unpleasant last few years before his death. and i sort of lost track of that guy who, you know, was totally charming and winning. and had, you know -- >> did he ever show that to you? >> oh, yeah. >> as a father. so you saw that. >> he would explode, and he was, you know, powerfully focused on his work. but he was also -- he and i had a great time together. he and i sort of shared a sense of humor, and he would go out of his way to joke to make me laugh or, you know, tell a story or get me going...

Institution of baseball. >> jackie became something that was not exceptable. i think my grandfathers reputation could have very quickly gone down the drain. >> reporter: that weighed on the brooklyn dodgers executive as he paced this room for nearly an hour. finally shrieking, i got it, and slumping down in a chair. >> branch rickey wiped tears from his eyes and said, wendell this was a decision so complex, so far reaching, fraught with so many pitfalls but still filled with so much good if it w...

Brooklyn dodgers executive as he paced this room for nearly an hour. finally shrieking, i got it, and slumping down in a chair. >> branch rickey wiped tears from his eyes and said, wendell this was a decision so complex, so far reaching, fraught with so many pitfalls but still filled with so much good if it was right. i had to work it out in this room and with you, and i had to ask god about it. >> reporter: to protect rickeys privacy, the pastor told only his wife who wrote a five-page essay we...