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Very mindful of not wanting to be a lightning rod. he wants to be a facilitator for the discussion. >> reporter: which may explain the presidents reluctance to wade into racial issues. still, at times, there was no escaping it. >> im the son of a black man from kenya and a white woman from kansas. >> reporter: in 2008, when the racially divisive sermons of his former pastor nearly brought down his first campaign for president, obama delivered this long awaited speech on race. >> this is where we...

The story. >> this is a president who is very mindful of not wanting to be a lightning rod. he wants to be a facilitator for the discussion. >> reporter: which may explain the presidents reluctance to wade into racial issues. still, at times, there was no escaping it. >> im the son of a black man from kenya and a white woman from kansas. >> reporter: in 2008, when the racially divisive sermons of his former pastor nearly brought down his first campaign for president, obama delivered this long aw...

I would think. with a small number. and drones do work for that kind of activity. >> okay. >> but if your objective is to create a better, more stable afghanistan that becomes a stabilizing force for pakistan -- >> iran. >> youre going to need to be there a long time and youre going to the need a lot of troops. >> not conventional troops, necessarily. certainly support troops and some conventional troops, but lots of special forces and lots of -- >> ive got to wrap this up, but what is your unde...

Around setting the stage for a political discussion rather than setting the stage to really reform our government and bring deficits under control. and then what he did offer was a lot of gimmicks. he even talked about it in the context of 12 years when washington works on a 10-year rule for most budgets. and thats the old byrd rule. its been around for a long time. so hes asking us to compare apples, the ryan plan, to oranges, the obama plan. and really theyre not even the same -- theyre not ev...

Political generation serving in washington right now. so i think that it was not the best policy objective for the president to have. instead, it was a political objective he put forward. >> you didnt hear much of anything about social security, which is a major issue moving forward in terms of economics. >> well, it is, but its not a huge driver of the deficit. social security, i think, overall is in pretty good shape. little minor changes in social security. the real problem is this debt and d...

Thats the old byrd rule, its been around for a long time. so hes asking us compare apples, the ryan plan, to oranges, the obama plan. and really theyre not even the same -- theyre not even in the game same. so i think the president really is kind of misleading. hes got a lot of gimmicks. hes not looking to solve the problem and he really pushes the burden onto future political generations, not on the political generation serving in washington right now. so i think that it was not the best policy...

Bring deficits under control. and then what he did offer was a lot of gimmicks. he even talked about it in the context of 12 years when washington works on a ten-year rule for most budgets. thats the old byrd rule, its been around for a long time. so hes asking us compare apples, the ryan plan, to oranges, the obama plan. and really theyre not even the same -- theyre not even in the same game. so i think the president really is kind of misleading. hes got a lot of gimmicks. hes not looking to so...

Will be playing in enforcing the no-fly zone. here is what they were saying on sunday talk shows. >> nato is going to take over the operations there, but it does not call for regime change. the president has said mr. gadhafi has to go. that seems a bit contradictory. >> i dont think so. i think what youre seeing is the difference between a military mission and a policy objective. the military mission is restricted to the establishment of the no-fly zone and for humanitarian purposes, to prevent ...

They filed this report from chile. >> reporter: chuck and i are now in santiago chile where the president answered questions about the operation in libya. >> the president sat there and reiterated u.s. policy. u.s. policy is regime change. the military policy the not. now theres some folks arguing that there may be a legal issue here. but the fact that that in itself is theyre trying to create a distinction into a lot of americans are thinking, what does that mean. >> to them it doesnt make a lo...

Further policy objective. by the way president bushs policy for massive money that went into africa in order to help stop the spread of aids also includes using condoms. so i know we are not getting into that. >> bill: bush ii. >> that was president bushs initiative. using this kind of language doesnt help make your policy. >> bill: -- respected throughout the world. a member of the obama administration used to kill people. come on. thats a bit over the top. who is this guy knox? >> well, he is,...