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What i want to see most is the person most qualified get the job. >> heres something to put it in perspective. who you name first is about priorities. donald trump one being a pop list and the economic woes of the rust belt and a lot of people feeling left out of the global economy. when barack obama faced the financial crisis in 2009, his first appointment was the treasure secretary so that set the tone for where his priority would be. the first hundred days it was about the stimulus and bailou...

Sec-def, secretary of defense and national security adviser. that group of three really, as barbara described, create the pattern for decision making for the commander in chief, for the president. so how well -- >> im so sorry to interrupt you. i only interrupt you because the secretary of veterans affairs is speaking right now at the veterans day ceremony. lets listen in. >> -- captain millers grave. captain miller gave his life in combat to save private ryans. ryan says to miller and all veter...

Could get drawn into combat at any given time is pretty high. and, you know, a few weeks ago we had a special operations soldier killed in an operation with the kurds in iraq. and it was ash carter, surprisingly, while the administration danced around the issue, was this or was this not combat, it was ash carter, the sec def, who said openly to a question of mine, well, yeah, it was combat, and were going to do more of these operations in the future, brian. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon wh...

Some breaking news that the secretary of defense hagel has now made some comments while traveling in brussels and he has directly referred to the bowe bergdahl situation, saying it is, quote, unfair, referring to sergeant bergdahl, to him and his family, to presume anything about his motivations for leaving his base in afghanistan back in 2009. as you look at this most recent taliban video released this morning of the transfer of bergdahl from taliban forces to american special ops landing in th...

>> i dont know. >> well, why would you say it? >> i didnt have in mind a specific person. >> name one dumb thing weve been goaded into doing because of the pressure from the israeli or jewish lobby. >> i have already stated that i regret the terminology used. >> but you said back then, it makes us do dumb things. >> well, i cant give you an example. >> thank you. >> bob woodward, youve been around washington for a long time. can you think of a nominee that has fared as poorly, for one of the top...

across the sky? im trying to hum that song. thats a pathetic effort. anyway, some people very concerned about the ufo possibilities here. we have the answer to what that fireball in the sky was. >> what are you trying to do? >> i was thinking about that 80s show, that 90s show. whatever. a woman wins gas money after she sues honda. she spoke to us when she first filed this lawsuit. she said the cars manual promised her 50 miles per gallon. it didnt deliver. can others cash in on her ...

his energy plans, his jobs plan, the first stage he has been attacked and criticized for not having a plan and hes bringing it out today. he was on "american morning" an hour and a half ago and one of the highlights i thought was the comment about his wife. in south carolina making some interesting comments. take a listen to what she said and what he said this morning. >> it has been a rough month. we have been brutalized, by the press and brutalized by our opponents and our party. >> ...

There. the affiliates david talked about, the al qaeda arabian peninsula the most significant we have to worry about. who tried to attack the u.s. homeland twice in the past 12 months nearly successful, not al qaeda central, aqap. while obamas death was important it doesnt attack the operational tempo of the network. that last circle of individuals, unrestricted free agents, some might try and do something on their own right now in response to bin ladens death. others may think, this is the time...

The white house. in case you are just tuning in and you dont know about the "rolling stone" article, bottom line, freelance reporter embedded with the general, off-the-cuff comments made about the president and high level counterparts. suzanne malveaux there at the white house. there they go. they are going to have their face-to-face. general stanley mcchrystal already met with the sec def and chairman of the joint chiefs. interesting to find out how that discussion went but this is where it com...