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I dont think we need to name any names. >> jimmy, who could he possibly be talking about? >> i dont know. i mean, is he talking about the same presidential candidate that he just voted for? i mean, i could be wrong. i dont know. >> is he referring to john mccain or mitt romney? or paul ryan? >> or george bush. or any of the old stale predecessors that -- maybe hes talking about mitch mcconnell. the guy that didnt want him to become his junior senator. im not sure who hes talin tal about. i dont ...

Were talking to the taliban, its true. i think it is a bad idea but in part were doing it as hamid karzais suggestion some time back. he is playing an intricate political game. i dont think it will work out well for him. it will not work out for us either. jon: is he plotting for his own survival after the american pullout? >> that is what i think it comes down to. i have a very pessimistic view what happens if we withdrew or maintain a small residual force. i think everybody sees the direction ...

Dealing on foreign policy than republican predecessors, its pretty amazing. >> its interesting, you have rand paul on the floor of the u.s. senate railing against u.s. detention policy. but the fact that is that that is where one wing, a powerful wing of the republican party is headed. in the context of where theyve been on national security would seem to be a major departure. i will say part of the reason the administration, and i would love to know your thoughts on this, tommy, the administrat...

Every leader since xi jinping has been chosen by xi jinping. xi jinping is the product of a backstairs deal, therefore, he does not have the sew lidty, the legitimacy of his predecessors. >> evan, when people look at his first moves they point out that he went to one of the fastest growing provinces thats seen as a sign that you support economic reform. is that a fair analysis of that? >> what he did was he went down to the origins, the birth place of the chinese boom, and he draped himself in t...

Realistic. but i think they take the edge off a little bit. instead of the 24/7 campaign, its good to just sit down informally establish that personal relationship. what weve got to remember are the divisions in the country are deep and within the parties are very, very deep. but at least this can get people sitting down and acting like adults and trying to address the problem. its an important first step, but i wouldnt hold your breath. but do you think its at all overblown this criticism of pr...

Allows him to have a permanent campaign, still its just that his predecessors were either not so creative or so brazen as to try it. so so much for, you know, getting big money out of politics as the president promised when he was campaigning the first time. i mean, the hypocrisy part of this, you can almost see it from space, its so huge. and i think thats, you know, and its a perfectly legitimate thing to say, its all perfectly legal, but we used to have the idea that the presidency set a stan...

What it means less about what our government is doing. the government wants to go through review of reclassifying employees as not have national security roles but simply being in a national security sensitive spot. that could mean the janitor at the pentagon. the bus driver. it could actually mean the entire justice department, offices of the u.s. attorneys around the country. because they are in a position to have national security information in the office. so its an overbroad attempt to stop...

Convinced congress were needed to flight for global terrorism has been start this had very round. holder and predecessors as well as robert mueller according to a accountability office report that says holder mueller and michael mukasey and alberto gonzal gonzalez racked up nonmission trips at a cost of $11.4 million. they are required to use government aircraft and did in some cases reimburse the government the equivalent of the commercial fair of their trips as required for personal travel but...

War ii is when it really started deteriorating and always felt we needed to pay our debts down. again you will see lots of quotes in the book about what our founding fathers and some of their predecessors thought about sending debt to the next generation. that, in fact, it was immoral. weve completely forgotten about that now >> i think thats the defining issue of our time. >> it is. you know, the other thing is we need to create a situation that has everybody involved. everybody has to have ski...

Money to pay him, you dont raise taxes to pay yourself. >> i agree with that. >> neil: the bottom line, were get astray from whats as issue. whether he knew that his salary, high as it was, was out of whack with the norm and out of whack with his predecessors. if thats the case, theres no defense for that, especially if you were elected by the people and youre up to speed on the basics. by the way, among the things you controller budgets. >> there are mitigating circumstances. >> neil: like gal....