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And i dont know if youve been watching our 60s series, but, you know, its not to promote cnn product, its just perspective. vietnam, this felt like this in the beginning, and im not saying iraq is vietnam, but the american people are tired of the war, and it does seem like were going the wrong way. can you reassure them otherwise? >> well, i think the most reassurance is if theres any one person in the united states that doesnt want to get involved in a military situation in iraq its barack obam...

Sign non-disclosure agreements about what happened. whos heard of such a thing? >> therell be an investigation, but there are new quotes this morning from members of his platoon. one said im, quote, pissed off about this because he believes bergdahl is a deserter. we dont know yet. but back to the other sue, governor schweitzer, about trading. >> never done it before. the end of the spanish-america war, at the end of korea. were winding out. we are winding this war down. >> how many troops are t...

Risk for this notion that if i can get one, i can get five taliban released. >> so then the administration brought on national security adviser, susan rice to defend the prisoner exchange. this is what she said on abcs "this week." >> those assurances relating to the movement, the activities, the monitoring of those detainees give us confidence that they cannot and in all likelihood will not pose a significant risk to the united states. and it is in our national interests that this transfer had ...

Nothing uncomfortable in this president about killing osama bin laden with the heroic acts of our military. he didnt seem uncomfortable in deploying a surge in afghanistan in order to wind that war down which is happening and he certainly didnt seem uncomfortable getting us out of iraq after the reckless policies that got us into iraq. so thats just typical partisan hyperbole. in this issue, the issue of syria and chemical weapons used to gas 400 children should rise above that partisan hyperbol...

It involved a jesus figure in homosexual situations and mens room -- it was disgusting. but it would have been totally inappropriate for any governmental authority to condemn it. we dont do that in the united states. its not the role of government. and frankly, anyone in an embassy -- and you can see how poorly it worked out, by the way. it didnt make anyone safer when that statement was issued. >> let me ask you something about this, lawrence. i think one of the things thats somewhat confusing ...

Room -- it was disgusting. but it would have been totally inappropriate for any governmental authority to condemn it. we dont do that in the united states. its not the role of government. and frankly, anyone in an embassy -- and you can see how poorly it worked out, by the way. it didnt make anyone safer when that statement was issued. >> let me ask you something about this, lawrence. i think one of the things thats somewhat confusing to me when i hear some of these arguments is that i dont -- t...

We dont do that in the united states. its not the role of government. and frankly, anyone in an embassy -- and you can see how poorly it worked out, by the way. it didnt make anyone safer when that statement was issued. >> let me ask you something about this, lawrence. i think one of the things thats somewhat confusing to me when i hear some of these arguments is that i dont -- the obama administration continued for -- brought us out of the war in iraq, but did the surges in afghanistan, althoug...

There is a saying in american politics. no campaign is ever as good as it looks when it is winning, nor as bad as it looks when it is losing. in mitt romneys comments on libya, you see part of the reason why campaigns end up looking so very bad when they are losing. a few months ago, the romney campaign had a clear theory of the race. to keep the focus on the economy. when other issues came up, they had a clear strategy for dealing with them. you acknowledge the issue, you put out some restraine...

There is a saying in american politics. no campaign is ever as good as it looks when it is winning, nor as bad as it looks when it is losing. in mitt romneys comments on libya, you see part of the reason why campaigns end up looking so very bad when they are losing. a few months ago, the romney campaign had a clear theory of the race. to keep the focus on the economy. when other issues came up, they had a clear strategy for dealing with them. you acknowledge the issue, you put out some restraine...

To hunt terrorists like these down, make romney look presidential, but whatever you do, do not interrupt the underlying dynamics of the election. this is, by and large, actually, the template that other major republicans have followed in their responses to the attacks. look at speaker john boehners statement, for instance. he said, "we mourn the families of our countrymen in benghazi and condemn this horrific attack. 11 years after september 11th, this is a jolting reminder that freedom remains ...