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Potentially make the situation worse, not better, by committing american arms. first of all, this is not a simple proposition. the syrian opposition is badly splintered, and if you give them relatively low-level arms, there is not going to be enough to overcome the momentum bashar al assad has. if you give them high level, more potent arms, then the risk that they get into the hands of jabad al mushra and the islamists is great and has security consequences to us down the road. the bigger questi...

Missiles against their own people, they are sending battles of patriot missiles. thats the nation of turkey. turkey requested the missiles earlier this month. today we found out they are not only getting the missiles, they are getting 400 americans to operate them as well. that will have huge security consequences if syria decides to project over their border into turkey. now there will be not just turks there but uniformed american military personnel as well. its decided to approve a report mor...

Testifies on afghanistan be he goes to the region. lugars statement already has said its unrealistic to expect that a significant downsizing of u.s. forces could occur at that time without security consequences. the lack of clarity in afghanistan does not end with the presidents timetable. savannah and luke, i wanted to play a bit of an extraordinary interview that our own rachel maddow did last night. this was her question to holbrooke in advance of todays hearing. >> i think the question strat...