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in case you were thinking that europes crisis was their problem and your eyes glaze over when you hear about it, this is the wake-up call. americas 401(k)s are losing value thanks to greece and spain. well, because if and when greece drops the euro, its a little domino with a lot of punch. next comes spain, portugal, ireland, maybe even italy. they could all fail. and that means the breakup of the worlds biggest economy and americas biggest trading partner. it means at least tens of th...

Council and pressure on assad regime so perhaps they come to their senses. the third scenario which unfortunately is the worst scenario is that none of that happens and the violence inte e intensifies and spills over into the region. it heightens sectarian fissures and we in effect have a proxy war in which outsiders are supporting the opposition or the government through arms and other means. that would be exceedingly destabilizing and thats why thats not our first choice. our first choice is f...

If at all possible is not through intensifying the mill tarization or providing further arms into what is already a hot conflict. for this to become a proxy war with countries all over the region and beyond funneling weapons in there is basically conceding a massive fire burning in that region. >> in the meantime syrian activists say they found the bodies of 13 people shot to death execution style, that they were army defectors and joining me is general barry mccafferty and joe ruben and bobbie ...

Context. >> what has to happen on the ground for the administration to decide that there needs to be weapons and material support to the opposition? >> i dont want to get into painting different scenarios and hypotheticals. andrea, our view has been that the best way to resolve this if at all possible is not through intensifying the militarization, not by providing further arms into what is already a hot conflict but to try to resolve it through nonmilitary means through a diplomatic and politic...

Syria is a proxy war, you know, with iran. but also, be careful what you wish for. you know, in the context of libya, for example, libyas awash with arms. and once the war has ended, now the new central governments having a tough time reining in, you know, these armed militias that are now challenging the authority of the new government. so thats the difference between ultimately something that sounds good in the campaign, but may not be the best policy approach. >> well, heres u.s. ambassador s...

we had the primary season. we heard him talk about important issues to latinos and non latinos, but so far, the polls are proving his positions, which were tough on immigration and other issues didnt convince latinos. now, hes at 27%. for a republican to win, they need anywhere above 35%. the last one to do that was george bush. he had a very aggressive campaign and mitt romney hasnt done that. so far and well see if he has time for november to change his message and to bring latinos o...

in nearly a year. in case you were thinking that europes crisis was their problem and your eyes glaze over when you hear about it, this is the wake-up call. americas 401(k)s are losing value thanks to greece and spain. why? well, because if and when greece drops the euro, its a little domino with a lot of punch. next comes spain, portugal, ireland, maybe even italy. they could all fail. and that means the breakup of the worlds biggest economy and americas biggest trading partner. it me...

>> this moment of history belongs to you. you broke barriers and overcame obstacles to pursue the dream of democracy. >> it quickly becomes clear the future of a post-mubarak egypt is anything but certain. dreams of prosperity have yet to be realized as the economy worsens. discontent with the pace of reform of the military council leads to renewed protests in tahrir square. >> eyewitnesses show theyre actually breaking the cease fires sometimes that are arranged here and just venting ...

region. >> this moment of history belongs to you. you broke barriers and overcame obstacles to pursue the dream of democracy. >> it quickly becomes clear the future of a post-mubarak egypt is anything but certain. dreams of prosperity have yet to be realized as the economy worsens. discontent with the pace of reform of the military council leads to renewed protests in tahrir square. >> eyewitnesses show theyre actually breaking the cease fires sometimes that are arranged here and just ...

>> arent we talking about mitt romney one of the criticisms is -- it just easier out of that was lobbed at senator sight and mind. >> unlike you know, the arab santorum was it wasnt just sort spring where there was quite a of, these werent policy bit of social networking around attacks. these became not personal but it it, there was more exposure, was hitting romney in a way that was you know it, tangible, obviously, the chattering clash picked up on it more and palpable effect. >> dont give me ...