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Disarmament, ever. never. >> joe, what are they fighting about here? >> yeah. its -- senator hagel is exactly right. this is not about unilaterally taking apart our nuclear arsenal. nobody is suggesting that. its about reducing it. its about adjusting our nuclear arsenal to the realities of the 21st century world. and the target of the conservative attacks on senator hagel was not actually hagel himself today. it was president obama. because senator hagels positions are identical to those of pre...

>> on both of those issues, boex and you characterized his attitude correctly. obama had great support from within the israeli defensive security establishment. they do not agree with netanyahu. >> weve seen that openly. >> they didnt agree with the idea of a ground invasion. theres a split between the demagoguic politicians, thats something that the president can work with. its also by the way, the israeli opposition, if it ever got its act together could use and has not. >> the power grab in e...

I think, is, as you say, the administration has been fairly clear. the romney campaign has been all over the map. meanwhile, the security establishment in the u.s. and even the security establishment, we also saw scocoft, bra shin ski, they have said we have not had a serious enough discussion about costs and benefits. one of the costs is you lose the ability to marshall the international community behind you if you launch an attack. nobody in the romney campaign shows any awareness of wrestling...

Communities continue to believe is that there has not been a decision to take all of these components and turn them into a nuclear weapon, but thats very different than saying they dont have one and they wont build one. >> the larger issue here is where does foreign policy in the united states stand? i think that what youre seeing is a real backlash, not just from those on the left or the democrats, but even from those on the right about the notion that a foreign government like israel, even an ...

Thousands of centrifuges are moving under ground. to places where our capabilities will be incapable of reaching them. this is a country as you said never misses an opportunity to say they want to wipe israel off the map. yesterday, the supreme leader said that. >> bret: some people in this country are seeing moves inside israel. that are suggesting that things are speeding up. for example, avi dictor joined the government as minister of the home front. equivalent to secretary of homeland securi...

secretary janet napolitano explains the move, and well talk about the impact on the important latino vote in the upcoming fall election. also, echoes of the iraq insurgency in syria. stand by for an exclusive look at opposition forces building devastating roadside bombs. and a new warning that the calcium supplements youre taking to strengthen your bones may actually be hurting your heart. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "th...

but they conceal some very real dangerous designer drugs blamed for horrifying acts of violence. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." it may be the most crucial of the battleground states, and today barack obama and mitt romney are turning ohio into their personal battleground. the slug-fest takes the form of rival speeches. but one candidate started swinging before the bell. lets go to jim acosta. hes watching it all unfold. whats the latest, jim? >> wolf, they were alm...

the white house called the killings a vial testament to an illegitimate regime that responds to peaceful protests with unspeakable brutality. the video of some of the 34 children killed has surfaced online. the images are simply too graphic to broadcast, showing children under the age of 10, some with missing limbs, and severe head wounds. the syrian government denies responsibility and blames al qaeda terrorists for the attack. well, this was a scene in several syrian cities today. pe...

kind. they didnt want to administer them in the jail. once at the hospital, according to sources, he said that he wanted to die, so they put him on a suicide watch. so that set the stage for the arraignment that happened on friday afternoon. we were all watching very closely as we watched the arraignment take place from the hospital. we were watching near bion a closed circuit television where the judge was. we listened to the prosecutor put into the record what we had been hearing as ...

places he knows well. is that the drums of war we hear? certainly from some corners. how does the iran-israel showdown end? ive got a great panel. ill also bring you an amazing story. free and fair electrics in china. ill explain. first, heres my take. president obama has been trying to cool down the war fever that suddenly gripped washington earlier this month. prime minister benjamin netanyahus visit and the flurry of statemen surrounding it have created a dangerous dynamic. it is ea...