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Briefings, theres one this afternoon and one before the house intelligence committee has just wrapped up, and we just heard from the ranking member, the senior democrat on that committee, who said the briefing broke down into two components. the other looked at the state departments internal report. >> now, theres another issue out there, and thats the state department. and that is really one of the key issues, is how did this occur, why it occurred and to make sure that we can protect our ambas...

Cliff potential calamity that is consuming all of washington right now. for me the most interesting thing he said he is not concern about his job as speaker. there has been suggestion that grumblings in the republican party could cause him to lose his speakership over the way he is conducting negotiations with the white house. but he held very firm there to the idea that he does not want to see and his conference he says does not want to see new taxes imposed on the job creators in this country,...

Bring together people who want to really change washington so that we have a movement across the country. and thats what future.org is all -- thats from newt.org is all about. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. as we continue,

Bring together people who want to really change washington so that we have a movement across the country. and thats what future.org is all -- thats from newt.org is all about. >> good to see you. as we continue, former pennsylvania senator, sen. rick santorum, he will be here. dont go away.

Enterprises. get washington out of the business of medicaid and probably food stampches and housing vouchers and get that back to the states and im going to shrink washington. im going to take whats left and cut employment. and you do those things, and you have restructured the way washington works in a fundamental way. it has to happen. and then, of course, theres international but ill stop and let you jump in. >> no, no, you went so far as to say that this election is about a battle for the so...

Not easy to defeat a sitting president. what do you think the biggest failures, and where do you think he has gone wrong, is it his ideology, does he listen to other people, is he lazy as he says, or where has he gone i dont know. >> hes gone wrong for thinking washington is the source of our answers and the source of our strength. he follows a long tradition of people who go go to washington, spend their time there and think they have the answers for americas needs. what america needs is not a ...

Confronting another individual will be able to take them to the cleaners. >> you were reminded it was two days ago three years past, it was in february of 09 when he first became president he said if i dont fix this its going to be a one-term proposition. you said he with are here to collect. >> absolutely. he has been a failure. no question about that. he has failed internationally. i know we will talk about that in a moment. but his failures around the world are really breathtaking. and domest...

In medicare, medicaid, social security. not changing it for current retirees but for young people coming along we have to make sure the promises we make are promises we can keep. and i will also get rid of programs immediately. eliminate programs. that will save money immediately, and down the road as thoset( programs arent goi, we get ourselves to a balanced budget. this has to happen. america is on a pathway to becoming greece or italy or spain or france -- >> bankrupt. >> bankrupt. and the c...

The excesses in future payments in medicare, medicaid, social security. not changing it for current retirees but for young people coming along we have to make sure the promises we make are promises we can keep. and i will also get rid of programs immediately. eliminate programs. that will save money immediately, and down the road as thoset( programs arent goi, we get ourselves to a balanced budget. this has to happen. america is on a pathway to becoming greece or italy or spain or france -- >> ...

How do you convince them that you need to cut a trillion dollars in spending to balance the budget in washington, that thats a good thing for people? that its better that you go out and work and participate in society? its going to be -- is that a difficult sell to people who say, wait a minute, government is taking care of me right now. >> thats why i call it a battle for the soul of america. we have to decide who we are as americans. are we going to become a nation with declining incomes, with...