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Point? well, the secret is very simple. you have unbelievable training that goes on for quite some time. what kind of training? first of all, its intense and relentless. these guys learn to deal with very difficult circumstances around the clock at all times. they study all skill sets for their weapons and their tactics. and importantly over here, for medical reasons as well. when youre in a small team like this, if somebody gets hurt, somebody on that team has to help take care of that person. ...

I think if you wanted to go buy a house and if you can afford it and if youre secure in your job, mortgage rates are low, housing prices continue to fall. you can get great bargains and you shouldnt wait until the end. the most important thing, however, is jobs, and we have a great mismatch in this country between the skill sets of those who are unemployed and the demand in industry and in government for people with a very different set of abilities. and its a function of years and years, decade...

More difficult by the human capitalism in the united states. >> what i hear you saying david and krista, see if you agree with this, is we have to differentiate between the skill sets we need and merely handing out college degrees. is this something you agree with? >> i absolutely agree, but i dont think education will be a panacea. i think that their is, for now, i think 20 or 30 or 40 years from now it will equal out, but thats a long time. i think for now there is just a limited number of tho...

Capitalism in the united states. >> what i hear you saying david and krista, see if you agree with this, is we have to differentiate between the skill sets we need and merely handing out college degrees. is this something you agree with? >> i absolutely agree, but i dont think education will be a panacea. i think that their is, for now, i think 20 or 30 or 40 years from now it will equal out, but thats a long time. i think for now there is just a limited number of those really good jobs and if y...

Financing with four square. people say youve had all these successes. we havent had it yet. were still working towards it. >> what do you think the features or factors that help make foursquare possible? >> there is a bunch of them. theres incubation labs, shared spaces where companies are getting together, five or six different companies and trading resources, skill sets and are able to makes things happen. in new york we see a lot of that as funded by the city. the sfas migpace might be paid ....

Went to grad school and had another year i didnt do anything and then had another project that failed and, you know, it took us six months to get financing with foursquare and people have said youve had all these successes. we havent had it yet. like were still working towards it. >> what do you think the features or the factors that helped make foursquare possible? >> you know, theres a bunch of them. theres incubation labs. basically got like shared spaces where companies are getting together,...

Again. >> i feel like, you know, even in my career so far, ive been laid off, and i went almost a year without working and worked on some side projects. went to grad school and had another year i didnt do anything and then had another project that failed and, you know, it took us six months to get financing with foursquare and people have said youve had all these successes. we havent had it yet. like were still working towards it. >> what do you think the features or the factors that helped make...

Things but the first one it means is youve got to be willing to physically move. americans are pretty good at that. not right now because of the housing problem because a lot of people have mortgages and homes they cant sell. mortgages that they cant service or they cant leave. but perhaps the larger part of it is we need to acquire skill sets rather than thinking about being cogs in a large machine. a lot of americans have thought of themselves as works up that machine, all good stuff, it used ...

More dynamic and mobile workforce in america. its something that youve thought a lot about. what does that mean? i often when i say it on tv or discuss it, i have viewers acceptsend me messages, what do you mean? >> it means a bunch of different things but the first one it means is youve got to be willing to physically move. americans are pretty good at that. not right now because of the housing problem because a lot of people have mortgages and homes they cant sell. mortgages that they cant ser...

Afghanistan was encouraging to go on facebook and twitter, basically making no distinction between foreign audiences and domestic audiences. thats why with colonel holmes story, i think we sort of see a -- its a window into this larger, and to me much more troubling trend of the tens of millions of dollars being spent to influence american public opinion and using people with the wrong skill sets to do so. a lot more happening in wisconsin. police are sent to several democratic lawmakers homes...