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>> okay, look, i would say two things america doesnt forget. terrorists around the world, do not mistake americas domestic problems for forgetting about this. just two months ago president obama and president bush were together in tanzania and they visited that memorial. im happy for these actions although im concerned were very reactive. these are after events. im curious what the policy is to go forward to proactively prevent future terrorist attacks. >> i think capturing these people and ques...

U.s. militarys war against al qaeda and we saw that in two strikes over the weekend. two u.s. strikes. in somalia, the target was the leader of al shabaab, the group behind the terrorist attacks in nairobi. in libya, the u.s. attacked abu anas al libi. two terrorists, two different operations, two very different results. the somali began from a mission off the coast, an amphibious raid. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, some from s.e.a.l. team six targeted a safe house. witnesses say they came under intense ...

Of the attack will be brought to justice hopefully, but i think 15 years later, that was really a watershed in terms of you know, kind of terrorist attacks against u.s. embassies abroad. really caused a major investigation or re-examination of u.s. facilities overseas. there have been so many commissions and reports and rebuilding of embassies around the world and you see as nic has been saying, 15 years later, these embassies and consulates are still fragile. on the 15-year anniversary of the a...

Gathering evidence of these terrorist attacks is not the same as gathering evidence of a bank robbery in new york, number one. number two, the terrorist bombings of the embassies were heinous crimes, but to be able to interrogate somebody like al li libi, 15 years of knowledge of what kietd kide has been up to, could save more lives or give us a base of information. that takes a long time. this is not the question of a day or two. this man ought to be in gitmo for years under interrogation, but ...

Obviously fighting a war on terror. >> in the case of somalia, there was prenotification and how much actual coordination hard to say. interestingly this attack is very near the location of a very attack by special operation forces four years ago by american forces that killed another al shabab leader. this is the kind of reaction we should have more often in terrorist attacks, the attack in nairobi was das tardily from start to finish. it is an excellent response. it is an interesting contrast ...

Were going to $18 billion. it will double in five years. >> congressman, i could tell you the surplus that bill clinton -- >> do you want me to answer the second part? >> i will, but since you wanted to deviate. bill clinton left us with a surplus, so you dont want to go there. >> lets go back to left us with a surplus. when he came in, the last shutdown was with republicans. but he negotiated with republicans. and yes, you had a republican -- >> he was negotiating over a budget congressman. he ...

Involved in terrorist attacks for the irish republican army. rose dougdale was one of the most infamo she joined the ira the 1970s and later blew up a police station. she sevened time in jail. years later she spoke to the irish public broadcasting her experiences. >> there come a time where you may or may not want to kill people. >> reporter: the long simmering palestini palestinian/israeli conflict created a bunch of terrorists. this grandmother attempted to blow up people in 2006. she died aft...

Wore so-called martyrs belts which were filled with explosives. they were responsible for a series of suicide bombings. this russian security expert was trying to diffuse a bomb left by a young chechnyan woman outside a moscow restaurant in 2003. he died when the bomb went off. a number of females were involved in terrorist attacks for the irish republican army. rose dougdale was one of the most infamous. she was an heiress who joined the ira in the late 70s and attempted to blow up a police sta...

Terrorist sounds strange, there is precedent for it. they do exist. watch. >> reporter: before the white widow, there were the black widows, names given to female chechen extremists. they were first seen as hostage takers in 2002. black widows were believed to be seeking revenge for lost husbands in the war. they were dressed all in black and wore martyrs belts filled with explosives. this russian security expert was trying to defuse a bomb in 2003. he died when the bomb went off. a number of fe...

Terrorist sounds strange or unlikely as peter and i were talking about this, there is precedence for it. they do exist. watch. before the white widow, there were the black widows, a name given to female chechen militants who were part of the struggle for chechen independents. were first seen as hostage takers in the moscow theater attack in 2002. black widows were seeking revenge for husbands lost in the war. they were dressed all in black and wore so-called martyr belts. they were involved in a...