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I think thats a really important quality to have in americas chief diplomat. >> i concur. i dont know him as well as you did, but having run against him in the primaries and then worked with him around his election, i can agree with all that youve said about him personally. but let me ask you on a policy level, how will this change americas foreign policy? >> i dont think the foreign policy is going to fundamentally change. i think the president is the principle foreign policy officer in this go...

Because it is so close. because the process of grieving has happened through thousands of small acts of humanity that have occurred in the fire house in neighborhoods and churches. so the smallness of the town makes it hurt everyone more. but how close knit this community is sort of points the way to how were going to survive. >> obviously, theres no way to help in the way that help needs to be done. the only kind of help that would matter is if this had not happened in the first place and weapo...

Because the process of grieving has happened through sthou sands of small acts of humanity that have occurred in the fire house in neighborhoods and churches. so the smallness of the town makes it hurt everyone more. but how close knit this community is sort of points the way to how were going to survive. >> obviously, theres no way to help in the way that help needs to be done. the only kind of help that would matter is if this had not happened in the first place and weapon cannot go back in ti...

Of small acts of humanity that have occurred in the fire house in neighborhoods and churches. so the smallness of the town makes it hurt everyone more. but how close knit this community is sort of points the way to how were going to survive. >> obviously, theres no way to help in the way that help needs to be done. the only kind of help that would matter is if this had not happened in the first place and weapon cannot go back in time. as newtown is trying to cope and connecticut is trying to cop...

Again, someone, somewhere at the policy level, not the intelligence or factual level, decided to change things at some point in time. >> greg: were talking about the fact that the reference to al-qaeda was removed and replaced with the phrase, extremists. okay. why would you do that? whats the reason? my theory is that its a fear of islamphobia. you dont want to mention what the thing is, so you replace it with something softer like man caused disaster or workplace disasters in fort hood. >> tha...

Policy level, not the intelligence or factual level, decided to change things at some point in time. >> greg: were talking about the fact that the reference to al-qaeda was removed and replaced with the phrase, extremists. okay. why would you do that? whats the reason? my theory is that its a fear of islamphobia. you dont want to mention what the thing is, so you replace it with something softer like man caused disaster or workplace disasters in fort hood. >> thats a great point. i dont think th...

Policy level, not the intelligence or factual level, decided to change things at some point in time. >> greg: were talking about the fact that the reference to al-qaeda was removed and replaced with the phrase, extremists. okay. why would you do that? whats the reason? my theory is that its a fear of islamphobia. you dont want to mention what the thing is, so you replace it with something softer like man caused disaster or workplace disasters in fort hood. >> thats a great point. i dont think th...

Where he would go on a real specific policy level. >> sure. >> he has in some ways proven to be a praguetist and at the same time in this election season were seeing him adopt more fiery rhetoric, the fairness argument is very much part of his platform. i wonder what you make of that sort of split between the bill clinton sort of centrist democrats and the warren style, new school, old-style democrats. >> well, bill clinton is a southerner. he is used to the kind of preachy politics that go over...

Let legitimate rape and words regarding abortion, what do you see it as? >> i think is a little bit of both. the president goes in with the natural advantage. not just because he won in 2008, but because democrats in general do better among women. especially single women. unmarried women. this is the trend historically. you add to what is perceived as pretty harsh statement by the republican party, hard line in the platform you mentioned, and really not much effort apart from the speakers that h...

Or the obama campaigns narrative around fairness, tax policy, things that they want to keep kind of in the ether, on the front burner. it doesnt talk about the economy, which is of course where republicans want to go. white house press secretary jay carney got a few questions about the harry reid claim and pivoted back to policy. this is what he said today. >> the reason why this is an issue at a policy level is because the president believes very strongly and can -- and this is central to the d...