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It was after the fact and not on twitter. >> the powell example is maybe the closest. its not really that close. he wanted a lot more time and a lot more evidence before making troop decisions about invading iraq, doing anything close to that. he was less comfortable with all of that than rumsfeld and bolton who was in that administration, too. or were at the time. but although we knew it, we knew that there was a division of opinion, it never boiled over into any kind of public confrontation be...

Overall work related e-mails and all ex-mails about libya? >> congressman, i have said repeatedly that i take responsibility for my use of personal e-mail. i said it was a mistake. i said it was allowed, but it was not a good choice. when i got to the department we were faced with a global financial crisis, major troop decisions on afghanistan, imperative to rebuild our alliances in europe and asia, on going war in iraq and so much else. e-mail was not my primary means of communication, as i hav...

Libya? >> well, congressman, i have said repeatedly that i take responsibility for my use of personal e-mail. i have said it was a mistake. i have said that it was allowed but it was not a good choice. when i got to the department we were faced global financial crisis, major troop decisions on afghanistan, imperative to rebuild alliances and so much else. e-mail was not my primary means of communication. i did not have a computer on my desk. i described how i did work in meetings secure and unse...

Which he concedes his troop decisions in iraq may have been wrong. in an interview that air last night, donald rumsfeld was reluctant to oeven doer prosecute bushs notion that failing to draw down troops. >> the most important failure in the execution of the war. >> interesting. >> yeah. i dont have enough confidence to say thats right. i think its possible. its hard to know. the path you didnt take is always smoother. >> donald rumsfeld went on to point finger at other members of the bush admin...

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Said he didnt tell anybody about it. that he kept it very private, and there wasnt a single evening in four and a half years where he did not weep. do you think that is a sign that we need to rethink any sort of troop decisions or strain on the troops or what were asking our military to do, when you have somebody like secretary gates, who is not a stranger to adversity, but basically weeping every night over the war? >> not sure we should change our strategy. i think it thoushows a side of s tha...