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Petrae petraeus. petraeus is in command of our forces in afghanistan and was the architect of the successful surge in iraq. joining me to talk about this is james woolsey, former director of the cias w whos currently teaching at yale. do you see any shake-ups in the policy shift? its been a horrendous week in afghanistan, with the jailbreak, and then the reports. does this portend a shift or is this just good people taking over new positions? >> it portends far more continuity than shifts. there...

In this op-ed, theyre saying you cant protect civilian it is gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but had left fuzzy whether gadhafi would stay or go. so i...

You cant protect civilians if gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but had left fuzzy whether gadhafi would stay or go. so i think its a stepping up. its b...

The mission is supposed to be to protect civilians. in this op-ed, theyre saying you cant protect civilian it is gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but h...

In this op-ed, theyre saying you cant protect civilians if gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but had left fuzzy whether gadhafi would stay or go. so i t...

We know somebody and not sure what is going on, law enforcement has step in and question as opposed to set up a sting and that is the concern but that is a policy shift. >> absolutely. we will see what impact these hearings have on maybe between the trust between the government and the muslim community moving forward but we will watch that closely. thanks so much. later this month, cnns soledad obrien looks at the question does freedom of religion mean freedom from suspicion? she lays out the ...

Comment on his feelings on this or that he will step down. >> all right, michelle kosinski, convoluted, you said it. michelle, just -- dont even leave that spot. buckingham palace, i mean thats where all the action is going to be. thanks for bringing your report from london this morning. >> reporter: i guess. at least its not raining. >> exactly. it looks beautiful. thanks. >> sarah ferguson. sometimes all you need to say. its the marquee broken promise of the obama administration, the pledge ...

We have seen the policy shift from one of regime change in the countries that didnt have oil to one of what they call regime alteration in the countries that do have oil. this administration is terrified about sawed doe arabia, bahrain, qutar where 30 percent of the worlds oil comes from. >> i can tell you all eyes on wall street are on saudi arabia. there was supposed to be a day of rage. you have heard that term before on friday. this up coming friday. yesterday saudi said we are banning prote...

Election, i dont mean that literally. so -- >> you see, a little finger there for somebody. the president also deliberately stirred partisan divide over a reference for a handful of republican governors to get tougher with public employees unions. >> i dont think it does anybody any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified or their rights are infringed upon. >> and there was this important policy announcement that also has huge political overtones. the president is now backing a cha...

Appreciation. >> in some ways is that a bit of a historic moment, that the world is changing and chinas realizing its having to have a policy shift to change with it. >> thats true. the world is changing not only in terms of near-term conditions like inflation, also the world is changing in the balance between developed and emerging market economies. in chinese effort to boost demand and rebalance the economy. its taking a lot of positive measures. i think currency appreciation not only helps co...