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In trying to resolve those issues between palestinians and israelis within israel, thats a much more complicated sort of hornets nest than anything dealing with how we perceive iran and iran sort of run-up to nuclear weapons. so thats why he led there. and its clear that although iran is a complicated situation for this president, as well, its just not as complicated as the sort of internal israeli situation right now. >> robin, youve written extensively about the uprising across the arab world....

0 nations. a sentiment that was roundly reciprocated. >> the people of islam welcome you with open heart. we deeply appreciate your friendship and we share your hope that the middle east will enjoy a future freedom, prosperity, and peace. >> im confident in declaring that our alliance is eternal. it is forever. >> and while relations between the president and prime minister have been described as tense, to say the least, on this trip the two appeared down right chummy. at this afternoons joint p...

The attorney general, premiere law enforcement officer and lawyer of this country. and as you well know and as we have had the discussion, senator, the term torture has a lot of legal and political implications. >> do you have a personal opinion as to whether waterboarding is torture? >> i have a personal opinion its something that is reprehensible and should not be done. >> back in 2007 he told cbs that the interrogation program had provided some useful information. >> there has been a lot of i...

Procedures that the agency has, in fact, used against the real hard core terrorists. it has saved lives. >> inconsistencies, robin, in what you just heard? is that a consistent narrative from mr. brennan? >> not completely obviously, saying sometimes it produces information and sometimes it isnt -- >> not enough to derail this nomination. >> i dont think so. i think brennan probably compared with hagel is going to be a breeze to get through, but these are issues. and this is what this testimony ...

Exterminate targets. are either of those a convincing argument for you? >> there are supposedly 70 countries that have some kind of drone technology. but the drone is the instrument of the 21st century when it comes to air power, and thats a reality. the problem comes down to really the morality, and the white house has put out three criteria, including is it an imminent threat? if it were delayed, would it cause greater risk? and is there no other alternative? the problem is those always involv...

Argument for you? >> there are supposedly 70 countries that have some kind of drone technology. but the drone is the instrument of the 21st century when it comes to air power, and thats a reality. the problem comes down to really the morality, and the white house has put out three criteria, including is it an imminent threat? if it were delayed, would it cause greater risk? and is there no other alternative? the problem is those always involve subjective judgments. its the same thing as firing a...

Strikes. lets listen. >> i think there is a misimpression on the part of some american people who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressions. nothing could be further from the truth. we only take such actions as a last resort to save lives when theres no other alternative to taking an action thats going to mitigate that threat. so we need to make sure there is an understanding, and the people that were standing up here today, i think they really have a misunderstan...

0 no matter the politics, thats the question we should think about. policy should be around the precedent we set. no president should be able to go unchecked. i was opposed to it under bush. im opposed to it now. im afraid for the future. we must watch this carefully. im a.m. sharpton, thanks for watching. "hardball" starts right now. >> defending the drones, lets play "hardball" ♪ good evening. im michael smerconish in for chris matthews. secrets and spies. the man who is at the center of t...

0 leader of the vibrant opposition leader, marco rubio. lets listen to what he had to say. >> i really believe if i do the best job i can in the senate, then in a couple of years ill be in a position to make a decision about whether i want to run for re-election, you know, leave politics and give someone else a shot, if i was thinking about things like that, it would limit my ability to take on important issues, it would affect how i stake out issues. its not going to be productive for the peopl...

But the drone is the instrument of the 21st century when it comes to air power, and thats a reality. the problem comes down to really the morality and the white house has put out three criteria, including is it an imminent threat. if it were delayed, would it cause greater risk, and is there no other alternative? the problem is those always involve subjective judgments. its the same thing as firing a gun. in the eyes of the person who holds the weapon and it isnt always a balanced perception, an...