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Succeeds a democrat, it is the long historic practice in the united states for new administrations to follow the international commitments that their predecessors have made, and its an important thing and across a whole range of national security and foreign policy areas. so this isnt just a matter of climate change or the environment, but this is a matter of the way business is generally done. and its important here. youve got an agreement that is not only about a tremendously important issue b...

United states for new administrations to follow the international commitments that their predecessors have made, and its an important thing and across a whole range of national security and foreign policy areas. so this isnt just a matter of climate change or the environment but this is a matter of the way business is generally done. its important here. youve got an agreement that is not only about a tremendously important issue but also an agreement that has huge international support. it would...

Do that, but very concerned about the anti-muslim rhetoric and how that feeds into isis, and i think, you know, richard and others who have worked in other administrations would tell you that george w. bushs finest moments after 9/11 were going to the mosques, bringing the imam to the national cathedral. you remember that so well. we have not heard this kind of anti-muslim rhetoric from front-running republicans and that scares people. it scares people in the national security field because it b...

Call to freedom survived. we hold these truths to be self evident. a new generation rose up to march and organize and stand up and sit in on the moral force of non-violence and the songs they have rang out and called out for were, not special treatment, but equal rights and basic justice that was promised to them almost a century before. like the predecessors they were plain, humble ordinary people armed with little, but faith.

Unsure if either he or she met with isis leaders. you actually say that doesnt matter. isis is much more lenient who joins and carries out the attacks than what some predecessors have been, right? >> al qaeda was more of a top down organization and who could decide the attacks but as weve seen with isis, abby backu bak bag dy back er al baghdad -- abby backer u bak u al-baghdadi and someone pledges their faith and alliance to him that would make them an applicant to be part of isis and isis gene...

Gurgen. as we heard from chris, this happened only twice in this presidents term in office. it happened both times in 2010. first announcing the end of u.s. combat operations in iraq. second, after the gulf oil spill. david, how big is this? >> its big. because president obama has been reluctant to use the oval on office. his predecessors used it far more frequently to address the company. all of which would suggest this is a bigger speech. and also suggests i believe that it be in the field in ...

Propagate its message and somewhere somebody in some basement is getting self-radicalized and goes out and kills a bunch of people. >> thats a very real challenge. its one that proceeded isil. ive presumed it will be one that will endure beyond isil and its defeat. what isil has done, perhaps more effectively of some of its predecessors is utilized social media. the other thing thats attracted foreign fighters is this methodology of the caliphate. were focusing on shrinking the

Literacy, going on to early math and continuing on through elementary school to come to marthas table. so the parents can work and be satisfied that their children are in a safe and educational setting and so the children can compete with their middle income peers. >> tell me about the food trucks. going to the neighborhoods. >> in 1982, in the middle of a recession in washington, d.c., one of my predecessors realized that she needed to bring food where the need was. so was able to use an old go...

After begin returned the visit, the enthusiasm dropped off. while the world watched, sadat and begin took to bickering and negotiations broke down. >> jimmy carter took advantage of sadats willingness to talk to the israelis. i think he thought he might be able to do something that his predecessors couldnt. it was a huge gamble. >> good afternoon, the stage is set and the participants are now beginning to arrive here in the washington area. president carter, egyptian president anwar sadat and, p...

People realized that we could go beyond polite protests into more massive civil disobedience and shake up the war makers. >> mcnamara had been managing the war since 1961. the man was just overwhelmed with guilt. >> in less than 60 days, i will have served seven years as secretary of defense. no one of my predecessors has served so long. i myself did not plan. to. >> robert mcnamara leaves office. i think its fair to say that he is by that point tortured on a personal level by the war. >> tonigh...