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Peace with israel, to stand up and do what president -- the late president of egypt, anwar sadat did, and to say, hey, its over, no more war, no more bloodshed. were going to make a genuine peace with israel. live next to the jewish state of israel. i think the palestinians should not be either subject of israel or citizens of israel. they should have their own independent country. we should be assured that this country is not used as a staging ground for iranian-sponsored terrorist attacks on u...

And hasan, the ft. hood bomber, and then theres david hedley, the pakistani-american who pleaded guilty to helping to plan the terrorist attacks in m mumbai in 2008. we have some breaking news to tell you about right now. were going to go to secretary gates at the pentagon. general james mathis who serves as a commander of the u.s. joint forces, he is just recommended him for the joint forces in iraq. he served at nato, supreme allied commander. he is going to be the new commandner iraq. now, ta...

One hears increasingly is were not investing as much money as we might because were not sure whether people in washington are going to go after us. you know, were uncertainty what the climate, is and theres a lot of money sitting on the sidelines thats a little uncertain where rules and regulations and laws are going next. >> its a major initiative the president has now to try to get some of those big business supporters he had, the democrats had, in 2008, back on board, because a lot of them ar...

After all the steps they take, that what we get is a secure peace. we dont want a repeat of the situation where we vacate territories, and those are overtaken by irans proxies and used as launching ground for terrorist attacks or rocket attacks. i think there are solutions that we can adopt. but in order to proceed to the solutions, we need to begin negotiations in order to end them. we have begun proximity talks. i think its high time to begin direct talks. i think with the help of president ob...

And used as launching ground for terrorist attacks or rocket attacks. i think there is solutions that we can adopt but in order to proceed to the solutions we need to begin negotiations in order to end them. weve begun proximity talks. i think its high time to begin direct talks. i think with the help of president obama, president abbas and myself should engage in direct talks to reach a political settlement of peace, coupled with security and prosperity. this requires that the palestinian autho...

Situation where we vae indicate territories and those are overtaken by irans proxies and used as launching grounds for terrorist attacks or rocket attacks. i think there are solutions we can adopt, but in order to proceed to the solutions, we need to begin negotiations in order to end them. think its high time to begin direct talks. i think with the help of president obama, president abbas and myself shoulden gauge in direct talks to reach a political settlement of peace coupled with security an...

Incubator of the terrorist attacks that his president started it, that most republicans support the war. i think there have been some calls for michael steeles resignation but four months before the midterms i dont think youre going to see a change over in that position. i think the people calling for his resignation are media personalities, not members of congress. members of congress and the republican leadership have distancing themselves like crazy from this very error-prone chairman. >> so ...

>> at the same time public opinion in the united states is dropping on this war. >> oh yes. >> and even one of our commanders said the other day, if she could see it -- not on tv. its hardly part of the collective consciousness. if she could see it, theyd like it less. >> thats tough. everybody was so invested in iraq and the idea we had to win. people are grateful to general petraeus who came and turned it around. now, i dont know what were turning it around for. because unless were engaged in ...

They ought to be. joining us from washington to talk about the escalation, former secretary of homeland security and former pennsylvania governor and good friend, tom ridge. governor and mr. secretary. >> thank you. >> mike: i know that in your current work dealing with global security issuings issues, you obviously keep a close eye whats happening with terror related incidents. is there a reason were seeing an escalation of the number of terrorist attacks and particularly those like we have see...

Afghanistan that it wont slide back into becoming a haven for terrorists? >> reporter: well, i dont have a crystal ball. i think that right now the debate surrounding afghanistan is presented as either we get up and leave immediately because theres no chance at a positive outcome. or we stay basically indefinitely and do, quote/unquote, whatever it takes for as long as it takes. and what i said last year, i will repeat, which is we have a vital national interest in making sure that afghanistan i...