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The u.s. said on monday it will work with the palestinian authorities new unity government, the government formed yesterday even though it includes representatives from hamas held gaza. israel is raising immediate objections to what it sees as a dramatic policy shift by the u.s. an hour ago i talked to the ambassador to the united states. im joined by ambassador ron durma, thank you for joining us to talk about this new palestinian unity government. tell me about israels very angry response to t...

>> big changes coming from the white house, members of the presidents cabinet calling it quits and fundamental foreign policy shifts. plus big economic announcements ahead. all red meat for our panel. lets welcome veronica, travis brown, and judy miller. good to see everybody for joining us. policy shift in afghanistan. we are bringing our troops back sooner than people thought. this new idea of foreign policy, no boots on the ground. >> especially the afghan portion, the people i know who

From washington. >> well, thank you. according to the tracking data strikes in yemen dropped in 2013, almost 50% over the previous year and this reflected a policy shift by the obama administration to back away from the controversial program. since the release of this propaganda video last week from al qaeda in yemen, weve seen a handful of drone strikes. this video is seen as bold and a threat to u.s. interest with the head of a yup where osama bin laden threatened attacks against u.s. targets....

Clear that the administration was backing away from the controversial drone campaign, and the tracking data for 2013 shows that strikes in yemen dropped by nearly 50% over the previous year. today, the white house spokesman deflected a question on whether the week operation shows the administration is rethinking the policy shift. >> as the president made clear, we take extraordinary care to make sure that our counterterrorism actions are in accordance with all applicable domestic and internation...

According to the "the new york times," the nypd is abandoning a controversial surveillance program that had plain clothes officers spying on muslim communities in the city. it was put in place following the attacks of 9/11 was known as the demographics unit. detectives in the unit kept detailed files on where people in the muslim communities prayed and shopped but as the "times" points out, quote, after years of collecting information, the police acknowledge that it never generated a lead. and t...

>> we almost defaulted on our debt. >> thats what got us out of the government shut down. >> this time its john bainer that is bucking the outside group. >> they have lost all credibility. >> i think john got his irish up. >> i was frustrated, too. >> its all good. >> i would prefer to keep those conversations within the family. >> paul ryan carries a lot of weight. we dont want nothing out of this debt limit. >> they want to sell what they have in the best possible way. >> ryan said we have got...

Walked out when castro began speaking. senator marco rubio said if the president was going to shake his hand, he should have asked him about those basic freedoms mandela are associated with that were denied in cuba. later in the day, secretary of state john kerry was asked for ashurnts that the handshake did not signify a policy shift. >> mr. secretary, sometimes a handshake is just a handshake. but when the leader of the flee world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro,...

The united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region. our new focus on this region reflects a fundamental truth -- the united states has been and always will be a pacific nation. >> but the pivot has disappointed some critics from the outset who question whether the administrations main policy announcement that the pentagon would deploy 2,500 marines to darwin, australia, keep in mind, thats more than 3,500 miles away from beijing, was really a big policy s...

This is a fox news alert. secretary of state john kerry is welcoming the released of an american freed by columbia spark rebels a short time ago. the rebels turned over 26-year-old kevin scott sutay. he was delivered to bogota. he was taken hostage last june. well, the phrase "so help me dwod" is now optional for air force cadets. they announced the policy shift after pressure from outside groups. lets talk with richard fowler for a fair and balanced debate. gentlemen, welcome to you both. >> ...

>> reporter: wolf, first of all, as you know the pressure has been increasing on the president to come out and say something because the violence has been escalating in egypt. yesterday the face for the administration was secretary kerry. so the white house felt it was important for the president to break his vacation, come out and speak to the nation. we do expect that the president will again reiterate what the white house put out in a statement yesterday, what secretary kerry himself said, th...