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It just makes even less sense because he wants to go out and run a triathlon. and hes 41 years of age, to go and compete he had as much cache with his name if he never addressed this and kept the right to remain silent, he could have put on his own event. >> jamie: steve, what do you think about those who got mixed up in this, not only the people who didnt get the title that would have deserved it or earned it, but also the organization -- i hear a lot of people say, you know, he did so much for...

He called for an earlier exit from afghanistan than perhaps the president would have backed at the time that he said it. although things have changed since hagel said it. so its a terrifically important piece -- decision, and peters latest piece is great. i hope -- im probably too idealistic. i hope hes not going to walk back his positions because hes right on all these things. >> youre talking about hagel, not peter. looking at his face while you were talking, he was worried you were talking ab...

I hope hes not going to walk back his positions because hes right on all these things. >> youre talking about hagel, not peter. looking at his face while you were talking, he was worried you were talking about him. >> no, no, im talking about hagel. peter is right about this, too, generally about this. i think they did overplay their hands. i guess if you or i had gotten us into a war based on false pretext, maybe wed be cocky and walking around like we could tell president obama what to do. you...

Latest piece is great. i hope -- im probably too idealistic. i hope hes not going to walk back his positions because hes right on all these things. >> youre talking about hagel, not peter. >> looking at his face while you were talking, he was worried you were talking about him. >> no, no, im talking about hagel. peter is right about this, too, generally about this. i think they did overplay their hands. i guess if you or i had gotten us into a war based on false pretext, maybe wed be cocky and w...

Esther panich a criminal defense attorney. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. jaime: this case really happened and its gone to two levels of the court where they agreed with the lower court the appellate court did that he was within his rights to fire her because she dressed too provocative lee and his wife who worked in the office said, enough. what happens next? >> first ever all i think we need to clarify. court said she was not acting flirtatious lee. my understanding is she sa...

Thats often the most successful. a but after this length of time, the only conclusion is that the mexican government is using this particular case it make a larger point. thats when you have to apply political pressure at a much higher level. mexico can do a lot of things to make it easy for them to justify releasing jon hammar. they can say its christmas, spirit of generosity. they can say its a farewell present to hillary clinton. they kasay whatever they want. the important thing is to get hi...

Thats often the most successful. a but after this length of time, the only conclusion is that the mexican government is using this particular case it make a larger point. thats when you have to apply political pressure at a much higher level. mexico can do a lot of things to make it easy for them to justify releasing jon hammar. they can say its christmas, spirit of generosity. they can say its a farewell present to hillary clinton. they kasay whatever they want. the important thing is to get hi...

Debate. "wall street journal, breaking the gun control stalemate." "those in favor of gun rights feel that gun-control advocates are using the deranged actions of a few as a pretext to erode the right to bear arms. gun-control advocates, meanwhile, are completely frustrated with congresss unwillingness to strengthen gun laws, despite the mounting body count over the years. this stalemate can be broken but only if both sides retreat slightly instead of standing their ground." >> and you know, mik...

Publicly warned assad not to do so describings it a a red line the syrians say pretext for u.s. and outside military intervention. some we spoke to agree citing the unlikely hood that assad would use saran nerve gas near damascus where the winds could shift and gas his own regime. >> a key marker here is the upcoming moroccan summit. clearly the united states wants to gain the high ground by overhyping if you will the threat from the syrian army and using saran gas. the more they can make this t...

Not we wont want. because we didnt establish a safe zone and be organized and have a benghazi, they have been disjointed and unable to coordinate together. all of the things that they said, the critics said if we intervene these things will happen, now weve reached the ultimate and i cannot overemphasize, and you cannot either, the consequences of one of these attacks is horrendous. i do not think that now that these weapons have been put together, that we would have sufficient intelligence to k...