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the republican party and clear choices are emerging, not just on policy but also on character. on the very passion you just hinted at, because i sense that one of the reasons rick santorum is gaining such momentum is not necessarily that he is in reality more passionate than mitt romney or that he cares more, that he sounds like he does. a lot of romney supporters say to me, why isnt he giving more of himself to this? why isnt he beating his chest more? why isnt he giving us more pas...

Violated. if there was, there has to be suitable punishment. i didnt feel anything unusual going on. and its a result of simply trying to cast a vast net, talk to lots of people, not just in kabul, but to go out on the ground. >> the editor of "rolling stone" and a military analyst, director of globalsecurity.org. let me start with this. thank you, congratulations on this story. i dont know if magazines are still ineligible for the pulitzer prize, but you ought to win it with this baby. this is ...

This story. i dont know if magazines are still ineligible for the pulitzer prize, but you ought to win it with this baby. this is north korea stuff. the fact that were using brainwashing to go after our own civilian people who are in charge of setting policy is amazing. dont they give these generals copies of the constitution, eric? >> well, apparently not in this case. the general met more than a dozen times with the leader of this unit, information operations unit. and one of the most striking...

Las -- similar legislation is pending in 37 other states. federal reserve chief ben bernanke on capitol hill today, fight to go maintain the feds power to regulate small banks. he says this kind of oversight is crucial to setting policy. and the city of fargo says its reached its goal of stacking a million sandbags along the banks of the rising red river. now back to "hardball." back to "hardball." "columbus dispatch" as we had before, has this amazing video of health care reform advocates...

Bono. that means they went out of their way to defend them. its important for the american people to know about it. im not saying they are part of al qaeda because they defend them. american people want to know who is setting policy. >> here are some of the people disagreed with you, condemning liz cheney. former secretary of defense, bell ger, larry thompson, former department attorney general. peter keisler, former civil division. you could go on and on. are they all wrong? >> i think they are...

For osama bin ladens bodyguard another setting policy. its something the american people want to know about. at the end of the day the ads work. the department of justice released the names. >> is that the new era we live in anybody who defends even a murderer suddenly or rapist they are suddenly a murderer or rapist sympathizer. is that the world we live in? >> no, thats definitely not the world we live in. that would be a dangerous world. im all for transparency and principle as a general matt...

>> toyota employed in 2009 more than 30 federal lobbyists. and who are these lobbyists? well, some of them are former members of congress, former high-ranking congressional staffers. its like a sports team. you want to get the best players to play on your team so you can win at the end of the day. >> reporter: in other words, they go directly from setting policy about companies into lobbying for them. theyre coveted because of their contacts and access to former colleagues. in their new jobs the...

Dollars in investment. his staff says hes going to stay with the investigation and that hell be tough on toyota if he thinks they deserve it. just two examples of the close connections between congress, the policymakers and the foreign automakers that spent more money on lobbying in the u.s. than any other. toyota has spent $25 million on federal lobbying over the last five years. according to the independent researchers at opensecrets.org. and dave leventhal says they hired more than a platoon ...

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Rebel group that operates in syria. russia was attacking that rebel group. the u.s. wants both parties to focus on fighting isis. frankly, the policy is all over the place and this idea that all of the groups should get together of course is what should happen. any analyst in the world will tell you that. but day in, day out, we are seeing just the opposite. >> richard, how much power does the french president have over this and combined with the american president, can they not at least take a ...