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As is iraq, as is syria, and iran, a lot of folks think, wants to create this regional power to really control that part of the world. >> yeah. its called the shiite crescent, and the thought is that syria, syrias become a proxy battle for these other forces youre talking about. on one hand its shiite iran supporting assad of syria, using hezbollah, the terrorist group in lebanon on one side of the equation. on the other side of the equation is some of the rebels, the al-qaeda-affiliated rebels ...

It was so self-eft what happened that day, i would have to question her judgment. and the president loves the book "lincolns team of rivals kwaetsz and it seems to me what hes doing is rewarding her and hes putting in a team of loyalists. she cant get senate confirmation so hes going to surround himself with loyalists. he has so many problem on his plate to deal with. why would he create another problem? this will be a big problem, not just with ms. rice, but i think the confirmation of ms. powe...

This is one of the big concerns that the u.s. has had all along. bill: okay, i want to put a rock into this mix. i want to put talk about damascus. how does this factor in? >> welcome is syria has long been, as you said, but rons only ally in this region. they used syria is a place to connect with proxies like hezbollah or islamic jihad. it will be a major strategic blow for ron and will really constrain the ability to project power. that would be a concern. that is one of the reasons you see th...

Funneling it through terrorist organizations and going to the syrian opposition. i think you will see a lot of arab money flowing there. dont forget. the saudis are not fans of the russians. this is proxy battle between the saudis and russians. jenna: real quick, if all the saudi money is flowing into terrorist organizations any threat to our national security? >> remember the saudis funded the mujahadeen in afghanistan in the 1980s. imagine if this is the new front and theyre pouring money and ...

Tripoli international airport and you have had weapons spilling out of libya and that destabilized somalia and the neighborhood to the extent now you have rebel forces, some of them on the side of al qaeda who control territories the side of france. so, it is one thing to say am the opposition. but unlike libya which had a real opposition, they held territory, and they presented themselves as a viable alternative to libya the syrian opposition is not there. it could get there overtime and one th...

His job after the race became a proxy battle over his bill. three months later a pair of republican state senators were knocked off in recall elections. four more republican state senators face a recall vote on june 5th along with the governor and his lieutenant governor. one of those four retired in march. barrett blamed governor walker for dividing the state. >> we all have witnessed what has happened with scott walker starting an ideological civil war in this state that has divided our state ...

Slaughter to continue? >> i think if we had an administration was prepared as former secretary of state alexander hague, used to say, go to the source, this is an important point of dispute with iran and to help control the spread of irans influence over the middle east. you know, in many respects syria is a proxy battle between iran on the one side and sunni-arabs led by saudi arabia on the other. and i think a defeat in syria could have enormous consequences for the regime in iran but i say ag...

>> medicare! medicare! medicare! medicare! >> that race turned into a proxy battle over the republican ryan plan to overhaul medicare. hochul defeated republican jane corwin in a three-way race. a wealthy democrat turned tea party candidate jack davis took 9% of the vote. in a sign of how high the stakes were, outside groups poured $3.2 million into the buffalo area district. and hochul got a call of congratulations from the vice president. the president tweeted congratulations as well. so what ...

New polls say that the democrats are competitive and may be because this is a proxy battle over republicans plans to alter the medicare plan. they say it is so close, because there is a third-party candidate in there, so keep your ice on th -- keep your eyes on that race as well. >> thank you, paul. millions of americans do it everyday in public, but new york city put an end to it. it is about time. my xyz is next. gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dua...

critical condition. the confirmed death toll in sundays disaster now stands at 118. but authorities say more than ten times that many still are unaccounted for. >> joplins head of emergency management says people scattered and simply cant get home or maybe no longer have homes and havent yet called in. but then theres will norton, blown out of his hummer on his way home from high school graduation. his family thinks -- thinks hes in a hospital somewhere. and sky lar logs don, a 1-year-...